Exactly what I've been thinking ever since the nagging started on the other thread.
OK, so Apple wrote me that it'll take a couple of weeks. I ordered a stock 15" (2.7GHz, 512 GB SSD), delivery between 11/24 and 1/12. I'm fine with that and I'll wait. And I honestly don't care very much if someone in the US or in AUS get their MBP a couple of days earlier than they were supposed to.
I believe that someone may have gotten a device intended for someone else who had cancelled his order in the meantime. I'm sure there are reasonable explanations for everything.
Sure, I wouldn't mind if the status on my order suddenly changed (p4s or shipping

). I don't mind waiting another two weeks either.
just my 2cents.