Mine is shipping 28th, delivered Monday 1st October. (im in the Uk)
I think the guy with the early shipping has an error, if Apple could ship them by then surely they would advertise it, people don't like having to wait.
I love getting thing shipped, looking at the latest ship dates and getting the box and opening it up and there is another box inside with the ipod in it, it's like opening a present. THe only thing I don't like about it is waiting. I would have it shipped and then go pick it up at the Fed-Ex Home Delivery location (I have done this multiple times, not cuz I wanted to, cuz I had to, I live at an odd address, at 64.5 west, no, my house isn't divided in half either...) I just hate waiting all day for the Fed-Ex guy to come along, the last time I had a delivery, it came on the day it said, but not til 5 pm, which sucked cuz I left for work not ten minutes before he came by!
I am hoping to get a ship date without ordering it. That way I wont have to pay for it. I am still waiting for my email that it shipped and havent seen it yet.
And if anybody paid extra for the fast shipping call apple get your money back when they ship from china it is always int express so it doesnt get any faster by paying for expedited shipping.