Oh well, it could have been worse considering that I ordered a day after the reported cutoff date of June 12 for June 19 delivery. Although since Monday I've been hoping I'd have something shiny and new in time for Father's Day.
I don't think there was any official "cut-off" date. I ordered on the 11th and I am getting something on the 22nd. AT&T is the gang that couldn't shoot straight ... to have an official cut off date would mean that they actually know what they were doing. My "premier" order status page still states that they have received my order and will process it shortly, but I just received the FedEx tracking # for deliver on the 22nd. The unhappy part is that the e-mail indicates that this is a partial shipment:
"We shipped part of your recently placed AT&T Premier order.
We will ship the remaining backordered items when all items are in stock and will notify you via email with the tracking number."
What do you want to bet that all of us will be getting new SIM cards on Monday, but no phone? On the other hand, since this is the gang that can't shoot straight, they could be shipping the whole thing and their great back-office software is so badly written that they don't know it.
I started with AT&T Bell Labs in 1984 ... straight out of school. Back then, I made up my favorite slogans for them:
AT&T, yesterday's technology tomorrow ... AT&T
AT&T, on the tail of the leading edge ... AT&T
AT&T, we ignore new technology so you don't have to ... AT&T
It's been 25 years and nothing has changed!