Just to give some people hope, I have a Verizon 7+ 128gb JB that I ordered with order conf coming in at 3:15am. I am in the Sept 26-Oct 3 camp. My card was just charged and it has changed to preparing for shipment. No tracking in UPS yet nor showing up in my support profile, but it finally has movement. It's still showing as Sept 26-Oct 3 but hey, movement is movement. I'm hopeful to have it next week.