Wow it seems there is hope for Canadians using UPS after all. I'm blown away how good they've been in delivering my imac and printer. And apple has been fantastic as well not that that's a surprise.
On Oct. 31, I ordered an i7 "stock" besides the wired keyboard. After some time waiting and following this thread (from the beginning) I called to check if there had been any updates as to when they were shipping and said to the rep "I heard if I asked nicely you might upgrade my shipping". She did and I continued to wait. After a finding out about the printer deal I called back again and added a printer and again Apple was fantastic.
My order began to process late Friday night (Nov. 13) with Apple giving me an estimated delivery date of Nov. 20. This didn't surprise me as every other Canadian using UPS with "Express" shipping was taking much longer then the supposed 1-3 business days. Imagine my surprise when I called UPS and found out my order should be delivered today (Nov. 17) technically only two business days after it shipped! I was somewhat skeptical.
My wife was watching my tracking info and texted me to tell me that I had missed the shipment at 9:28 this morning. So I called UPS and explained that I had missed the shipment and I would like to pickup the order today. I girl I spoke told me that the driver may not be back until after 7pm when the store closed but she would put in a request to have someone call me if I was able to pick it up tonight. Otherwise the shipment would stay at UPS overnight and I could pick it up tomorrow. No problem I thought, what's one more day.
I get a call an hour or so later from a different girl and I'm told that the driver will most likely not be back before 7pm because they are on an extended route (I live just outside of Edmonton) but she'll call the driver just to confirm so I know for sure. She calls me back shortly after and confirms that I won't be able to get the package today

but I can still get it tomorrow. So I ask her if there's any chance that the driver could make a second stop at my house after 4pm when I'm home from work if he's in the area. She tells me that it won't be a problem and here I am with my new baby i7
Now I only wish that every time someone (myself included) used UPS they had an experience this good.