Preordered on Amazon on Sep 19th. Changed the price twice. Never got thrown to the back. I emailed Amazon this week asking what's going on with the "Not released Yet" status when it was already announced as released and shipping with other vendors. I received a reply saying that it's quite common for a delay between release and shipping (whatever). Then Yesterday my order status changed to "Shipping Soon" and impossibility to cancel. Next was a nice e-mail today... It shipped today. CAN YOU HEAR ME DO THE HAPPY DANCE.... UGA CHAGA UGA CHAGA. Interestingly Amazon still shows the status on their website as "Not released yet".

P.S. My final price after all the rebates will be $489. To top it off I had Amazon Gift certs for $450 so my final out of pocket expense will be $39.