I ordered mine around 3am on the iPad mini application, got a reservation number.
Put the order in immediately the next morning, and got a 9/19 delivery date.
Boring and simple right?
I'm actually leaving my home right now to go on a 3 day company paid retreat- at 10:30AM PST.
Mission to get it before then- called up UPS and had the lady guarantee (not really, but basically sweared, lol) that it would be ready by then.
She said that the trailer usually gets backed up around midnight (11PM, actually), and then they start unloading in the wee hours.
I left my 5S on loud ring, heard the notification at 3am, saw it was a friend, heard another at 5am, sure enough- iPhone checked in and ready for pickup!!!
Scooted over there at 8:30am when they opened, and it was there for me waiting.
Got a cheapie case from Best Buy to last me, and I'm good!
If I don't end up liking the 6 Plus size, I'm thinking about swapping fora regular six.