http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=WishList.jsp&A=details&Q=&sku=655574&is=REG

According to the Amazon rep, the email I (and many others) received comes from a different division at Amazon, separate from the area responsible for the online account order information. This, according to the rep, is why there is concurrently such polar opposite information. OK, fine…so which info is correct? The Amazon rep clarified, very definitely, that the email is the correct information (and not the online account status) and that, absolutely yes, the D3s will arrive at my address on Friday, November 27th. I asked her again for clarity, stating that I would be arranging to be home for the sole purpose of intercepting that Friday arrival; she reconfirmed the Nov. 27th arrival at my address.

At first I thought they were factoring in shipping time. Then I realized other dealers were sending them out and they were still showing pre-order.

As much as I love Amazon, it is not the first place I rush to pre-order for Nikons when news broke. (Thanks NR and admin!)

Also, with almost all other vendors I can opt for FedEx, from which I have never received an overnight shipment with boxes that are battered.

If Amazon will get them by release date this time, that is a good sign.

So I called Amazon. After a very long time checking with his supervisor, the customer service rep came back on the line and told me to IGNORE THE EMAIL, that it was a MISTAKE and that NO SHIPMENT DATES COULD BE QUOTED YET!!! Hmm…very odd, especially since this seems to be a widely-cast email message. And, in my case, this is doubly troubling when you consider that my pre-order also would have been among the very first ones placed, back on October 13th within minutes of pre-ordering becoming available, meaning I should be at the very top of Amazon’s queue.

So, take my experience FWIW, but Amazon seems to be messed up.