Well I decided to Cancel My Order today, as it had been sitting on Prepared for Shipment since Yesterday morning. I have a very tight deadline for the arrival as I have family travelling through Brisbane. I rang the Apple Store Chermside and Apple Store Robina, and both of them had the i7 17" Antiglare MBPs in stock. But neither store had the 8GB RAM to upgrade.
Going this route also means that I can't upgrade to 7200 RPM hard drive in store.
However in order for my family to bring the MBP back home to me, the MBP would have to ARRIVE in Brisbane at the delivery address by 8:30AM on Wednesday morning, I had no option but to cancel my order.
Looking on the Apple site it said that I could not cancel my order as it had moved to Prepared to Shipment.
So I did the next best thing, and rang my credit card company and they verified that Apple had not charged my credit card, but had only placed a check against the funds on the card. They suggested that I should Cancel my Credit Card, and they would issue me a new credit Card, and Apple would be unable to process my order, as I now have a new Credit Card number.
The fee is only a $50 NZ to get a new Credit Card.
The advantage of me getting my family to bring it home to me is that they will be able to claim the GST back from the Australian Tourist Refund Scheme (instant 10% discount)

The likelihood of it arriving before they left was looking EXTREMELY low. This would mean no 10% GST refund, as well as an international airfare from Port Moresby to Brisbane, hotel fees and return flight!
SO I got my family to go buy a stock i7 17" AntiGlare MacBook Pro from Apple Store Chermside in Brisbane this afternoon.
I now have my MBP purchased, and am in the market for an 8GB RAM upgrade. I also have the option of upgrading my HD for either a 7200 RPM or SSD if prices decrease in the immediate future.
What do you think Apple Store Online will do? Bar me from future purchases on the online store?