Ok everyone make sure you have your credit cards/cash/favors ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)/sugar daddy ready for the 27th incase they are announced on that day.
Demand is Sky high, even your neighbors cousin is trollin' these forums looking for a fix. Now 2012 rMBP 15" was announced @
WWDC. Orders for the the new MacBook went live right after the end of the keynote that monday.
By Wednesday:
If supplies are as tight as last time then there's a very small window where you won't see extra delays. While stores did receive their stocks throughout the week it was fairly inconsistent in terms of what was available. CTO or not, your best bet is to order online as quickly as possible if you want it the fastest.
Also which caught a lot of people off guard,
BTO options were added after the machines had been in the wild for about a month, I would expect this to happen with the 2016 rMBP because we haven't yet seen the i7-6870HQ, 6970HQ in the wild. The higher parts might be available but could be tied to the top tier model. If you want to mix and match (i.e. base CPU with max SSD, max CPU with base storage etc) you might end up waiting a few weeks on top of the bto wait: