How long for custom MBP 13" to ship with 2-3 day shipping?

Placed my order early Monday evening and did 2-3 day shipping at checkout (fastest option :/)

It's still processing (I'm assuming they're still making it) and the delivery estimate gives Aug 31 - Sept 5 to my house (Houston, TX). I got a free gift card through this order and it shipped via FedEx, so can I assume they would deliver the MBP on Saturday if that's the day it's meant to arrive?

I've heard some people on here say that it arrives much faster if you get it shipped to a store - any truth to this? It's a replacement laptop for school and I need it ASAP for classes and programming so if there's a possibility it will get here sooner I'll call and see if they can change the shipment before it's shipped.

Also, I just spoke with Apple and they said they can't upgrade the shipping to overnight for me even though they would've done it free of charge if the option was available. Could've sworn that was an option in the past even for custom configurations though

Holding out hope that I get it on Friday or Saturday

 

Haha, I meant from the time of placing the order till receiving it in the mail. Sorry, the thread title was chosen poorly. I guess I was mostly asking how long it would take them to assemble the thing since it's custom and coming from overseas

Seems I got my answer though. I placed the order Monday evening and it seems like it's been assembled already and preparing to ship from Shanghai soon

 

Well the order finally shipped and I'm a bit surprised that it's going to take so long to get here. 2-3 day shipping and it won't get here till Sept. 6th. Most people on here seem to have gotten it in 2 days after it shipped from China.

I did get a refund for the expedited shipping though but wow, a little bit ticked now. My fault for not ordering sooner but I'd have thought expedited shipping would have at least gotten it here by the end of the weekend...

 

So actually the tracking information says that the package arrived in the U.S. early this morning and is already in my city. I called FedEx to see what was going on and they said that it could come today but sometimes they let it sit if it's not supposed to be delivered until a later date.

crossing my fingers now since FedEx has always been really great about service where I live, but it'll be such a bummer if it's just sitting there and I can't get it over the long weekend

 

I just received it this morning! Kudos Apple and FedEx