I've been giving it a break for 4 months, it's just that this particular tactic of saying you shipped something and then not shipping rubs me the wrong way since it's been used maliciously very recently. And yes, I have.

Correct, which is the reason why I thought it was odd that Erik said he "expects it (a confirmation that stock has been assigned to their (1st batch) order) to be done by tomorrow.", which is today.