VERIZON'S HANDLING OF IPHONE 6? APPALLING!

Question

It is now Thursday, 9/18
A good deal  of us who placed pre-orders on the 12th within the first 15 minutes are screwed. Most of us our now getting phones sometime in October and a good number of people have not even gotten updates yet. 
There are people who ordered later in the hour who now have tracking numbers and confirmation. I've seen them in topics on Reddit, NegoGaf and Mac Rumors.
Verizon mislead customers. They should have put up some kind of warning that 9/19 is only an estimate, as there could be delays. Instead, we were treated to a simple "Delivery Date: 9/19" box that remained intact throughout the entire check out process. Within hours, that date was switched when we saw our email confirmation.  Way to reel us in!  Many of us would have opted to wait longer for Apple's site to come on line. People ordering over an hour after Apple's site became active are getting 9/19 phones.
I hope more Journalists gets wind of this instead of reporting about top ten nonsense lists.

Answer 1

I agree this entire situation is not good.  I was irritated along with everyone else.  My family is only getting 2 of the 4 iPhones we ordered when Verizon said we would get them.  I accept that because when there are 4 million pre-orders in the first 24 hours, you know there is not going to be enough to go around. 
What time you ordered and when you will receive your iphone compared to someone else has to also take into account which model, color and size ordered, not just the time the order was placed. 
I have a friend who ordered at Apple as soon as he could get his iPad app to work.  He originally had a Sept 19 delivery.  Now it has been delayed until early Oct.  He ordered a 6+.  My husband and I are getting our iPhones and my daughter and and son are not until Oct 7 (approximately).  Mine is a gold 128gb 6+. My husband's is a slate grey 64gb 6.  My daughter's is a gold 64gb 6+. My son's is black 64GB 6+.  Different models order essentially within minutes of each other.  All started out with Sept 19 delivery dates.
My biggest complaint with Verizon was the lack of information and updates about what was going on with our orders.  Most of the time I just wanted to make sure my order really was in the system and I was going to eventually get the 4 iPhones I ordered.  The higher ups made a bad decision to essentially let the customer service reps hang out to dry. 
Was it fair to us to not get timely and correct information? Definitely not.  Was it fair for us to take it out on the customer service reps when we didn't get any the information we wanted or the information we thought we should be getting.  Definitely not.  Should Verizon have fixed their system by now to at least reflect accurate information.  Definitely.  Is it worth getting so worked up about that we lose sight of the fact that it is only a phone.  Absolutely not!   The sun will come up on Saturday, even if some of us don't get our iPhones on Friday.