I ordered mine from Amazon with overnight shipping on 12/11/2009 after confirming that their website said "in stock." I first received an estimated delivery date of 12/15/2009, which was (some time in the next eight hours, when I checked it next) changed to 12/18/2009. I called to complain about it, and was guaranteed that it would ship out on 12/17/2009 despite my doubts about availability. On 12/17/2009 I logged in and found that it said it would be delivered on 12/19/2009. When I called to complain (and ask who delivered overnight packages on a Saturday) they said that it would in fact only be in stock on 12/19/2009, and would ship out on 12/20/2009. I then ended up arguing with the representative over whether or not UPS or any other carrier would ship on a Sunday, and eventually was escalated to someone with a local accent, who confirmed my suspicion that it would not be shipping until 12/21/2009. They offered me a five dollar credit for my trouble.

I just checked and it has a delivery date of 12/22/2009, which corresponds with a 12/21/2009 shipment.

I'm without a cell phone for the time being. My iPhone 3GS happened to be destroyed (not by me, but that's another story) and I decided to replace it with the n900. The delay in shipping is causing me major inconveniences and potential income loss because my line of work is very dependent on my phone... So, I'm debating canceling this order and paying more to get it from another vendor who can be reliable about shipments or just giving up on the idea of an N900 and purchasing another 3GS. Does anyone know where I can get one, even at additional cost, by the 22nd for sure? Or do you think we can trust Amazon to get these out on time?