And now, a small rant.
What I said:
"to guarantee your place in line for procurement of an item that may or may not be hard to get your hands on in the early days of it's release"
And I meant it. So when I found out my SP3 was out for delivery, but my blue Type cover 3 was 2 weeks backordered, i was a little . . . upset. I went to my Best Buy, and they directed me to another location 30 miles away that got a shipment of 34 for launch. When I pre-order an item almost a month in advance, you as a company should MAKE SURE YOU HOLD ENOUGH STOCK TO COVER THOSE PRE-ORDERS.
/rant
In the end, it cost me $5.00 in gas and an hour out of my day. Doesn't seem like much, but when one pre-orders, one does NOT expect to have to scramble at the last second. Ultimately, it justified the O/P's question, because if I HADN'T pre-ordered, I'd be typing this on my SP3 with the type cover I wanted, instead of waiting for UPS, and while I still would have had to travel a half an hour out of my way, I'd have planned for it instead of having to rush scramble.
O/P, you win this round ^^