I got the 'problem' email message on Tuesday night, and didn't get a chance to respond till the next day (which would be, Wed).

Which means they shipped it pretty much after I called them back and 'verified' my CC info and the order..... Which I was worried about, since the agent said she had to 'leave voicemail' for someone else to manually do the CC verification.

So my time line was:

- order the 15th (after slashdot)
- wait wait wait wait
- email 'problem with order' arrives Dec 6
- call to verify on Dec 7
- 770 ships on Dec 7
- email notification of shipment Dec 8

bizzare.