Realistically, if your ship time on Apple.com is simply "October", when would you guess the 32 gb Gold 5s will actually be on the way ?
I ordered mine. I got 7-10 bushiness days and it states my delivery date will be October 8-11.
Knowing this, I would guess it can be anywhere from October 12- Oct 31. You never know, it can come with the October 8-11 batch as well.
It's all total speculation. My guess though would be mid to late October. But you never know. My AT&T phone shipment date changed a few times and I ended up getting a shipment notice for delivery tomorrow. Plan for oct 31 and anything else is going to be an improvement. (Doubt it will slip to Nov)