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2009-11-24 , 21:11
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Originally Posted by de_gallux View Post
After reviewing the spreadsheet and skimming through the pages on this thread, here's my speculation:

- One distributor somewhere in TN received the stock the earliest thus it can start shipping to their pre-order list.
Memphis TN is the FedEx hub. FedEx handles logistics (I believe that may include warehousing). But TN is just FedEx and this is a very common origin for things shipped via FedEx where FedEx is involved in supply chain logistics.

EDIT: Sorry, seems I didn't have the full story. See following posts for corrections.

However, UPS also has a major hub in Memphis, TN, fwiw.
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