just to join the whining choir:

Yes, I've been invited to the Party in Helsinki to pick up my phone in person. No, I couldn't make it due to time and money restrictions for that trip.
Status is "paid", that's it. As one of the first 450 backers - being "The First One" feels indeed "unlike" - well played Jolla.
Feeling that the whole information campaign of Jolla is misleading and the worst I've yet experienced for an electronic device I bought!
Again, you guys need to get your PR team straight, no matter how small the company is. PR is one of the most important jobs.
About the Finnish people getting the devices earlier (no matter what number in queue) might most likely be a rational/economical point of sending the device.
Does it feel fair? No, not at all! Will a start-up company be able to survive from just their own country folks as backers (with DNA as an exclusion)? Rarely.
Jolla is far more dependent from international support/media to grow.
Getting replies by care@ or any Jolla support didn't happen to me yet - not regarding the shipment or payment by the way.
What do we get for our support pledging for a Phone with low-mid tier hardware with high price compared to that? I gave you my hopes, yes - mostly for the software.
Don't dump me, you are on a good way doing so though!

/stops whining