Yeah I wouldn't count on it... I ordered the exact same phone as you on 10/21. Received expected ship date of 11/7. That date got changed to 11/21. Then yesterday I got another email changing the delivery date once again to 12/12. Oh and my order status says: Your order is processing. Your shipping details will be available soon. It's been saying that for awhile now.
The delay because of demand isn't the problem. What is the issue is the lack of honest communication from Verizon. And the $10.. yeah what is that other than a slap in the face?? It just shows that they aren't listening to their customers and don't really care about their customers. I would rather they just keep that $10 and just tell us straight up what the issue is. I would much rather hear from them: "Apple dictates the shipping of the products and quite frankly at this point we Verizon are extremely upset with the service Apple isn't providing for our customers. We can not honestly with good faith let you know when an expected shipment date is. However what we can do for our valued customers is provide any customers that have been waiting for greater than 4 weeks a 20% discount on there bill for the next 6 months. We at Verizon value your support and once again we apologize for this extreme inconvenience."
Will that happen?? Doubtful but wouldn't it be nice to have some honest feedback, even if it is horrible news.
