I had ordered my phones (128GB 7+ MB, and 128GB 7+ Silver) 9/16 and received an expected shipping date of 10/26. I have been checking the stock at my local Apple Store for several days, and today I found 2 256GB MB 7+ in stock, so I reserved them. Got to the store, verified that they can sign me up using the Verizon Device Payment Plan (so I'm still eligible for the trade-in promotion on my old iPhone 5's), cancelled my Verizon Preorder, and walked out of the store with 2 brand new MB iPhone 7+.
My wife keeps her phone in an Otterbox, so she doesn't care what color it is, so not getting a silver isn't a big deal. I'm officially out of the Verizon queue, and I just free'd up 2 iPhone 7+ to be sent to one of you still having to wait on Verizon to fulfill the orders. Good luck everyone!