I went to the VZW store at the mall today and i had a VZW rep help me preorder the iPhone 4S and it was actually a very easy process. well, all she did was do the preorder form like on here (verizonwireless site) and it well swell! 
she also told me:
"Your iPhone has been setup and it is being processed right now, you should expect it to be delivered to your home on the 13th or 14th."
now with what she said about the 13th or the 14th, that got me really excited because of the second date for everyone getting the iPhone 4S is the 21st, hopefully i get it on the date it comes out.
within the first minute after the preorder form was done, i got my confirmation saying:
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"Thank you for your order. It is being processed and you will receive notification once it has shipped."
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and when i go to the order status on the vzw site, i see:
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"We received your order and it is in process.
Expected Ship Date: 10/21/2011"
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anybody else preorder their iPhone 4S today? What is your order status?