Okay, after looking through this thread I think I can answer most of your questions...
- AT&T is, in fact, doing this on purpose.
- First come, first served actually means that you'll get it when they damned well please.
- AT&T, FedEx and UPS have conspired to make sure that exactly 51% of all tracking numbers will not work.
- You, specifically you, do not have a SIM card listed on your order for a reason. That reason may not be revealed to you until much later.
- You are getting the shipment via UPS because FedEx doesn't like you.
- AT&T... AnTichrisT... coincidence?
- There is no truth to the rumor that iPhone 4s are already being delivered.
- Don't expect to see it delivered on the 23rd either.
- One or both of the last two statements may be inaccurate.
- The Russell Crowe "Robin Hood" was a good movie with the wrong title.
- The squeaky wheel gets the grease, because then it will STOP SQUEAKING.
- Thou shalt not kill.
- Whether you can pick up your iPhone on the 23rd at an AT&T store depends largely on the person working there at the time. Guaranteed that you won't get it from an Apple Store. Likely not at Best Buy or WalMart. Maybe if you have a connection at Radio Shack.
- I am not a number, I am a free man.