Preordered the iPhone 4S and got the confirmation email within 1min.

Question

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:
"Thank you for your order. It is being processed and you will receive notification once it has shipped."
and when i go to the order status on the vzw site, i see:
"We received your order and it is in process.
Expected Ship Date: 10/21/2011"
anybody else preorder their iPhone 4S today? What is your order status?

Answer 1

There is a lot of confusion about all this on the forums of course and it's hard to sort out. VZW is keeping very tightlipped about when they will begin shipping orders and have only recently fixed the glitch on their store/order status page. It is highly possible that people will begin receiving the phones on the 14th since that is when it goes live on VZW's network. However, you did order yours somewhat late. If you ordered the 16GB model (which is in higher demand) then all sources say that you may not receive it until the 21st. If you ordered the 32 or 64GB model you might receive it earlier. My stance is that we should all just wait until Wed or Thurs when the shipment confirmation emails begin to go out. My personal opinion, and it's only an opinion, is that those who ordered within the first few hours of the pre-sale will begin receiving their shipments on the 14th as most of us have been told this by a VZW CSR. Again, though, they are keeping quiet about actual ship dates. "Epected ship date" means it could ship earlier or at the worst, later...