Leyaena
I ordered 2 of the nickel ones while they weren't out of stock yet, and took 1-day shipping.
Do you guys think you'll get the orders processed quickly enough for the weekend?
I'm in Belgium, so the 1-day shipping is usually actually 1 day.

When I ordered my 680 block when they went EOL, I ordered it at 9pm my time and it was shipped at 9am the next morning. They seem excellent at getting orders out if stock is there.

Yeah, I've had excellent experiences with their processing times in the past, but I just figure they might be in a bit of a rush considering they just sold however many of the Classy blocks they made in a little under an hour.

The more orders the more your chance of getting more quickly. By the way here is the info now on their website today:
 
http://www.ekwb.com/news/...GTX-900-series-blocks/

rjohnson11
The more orders the more your chance of getting more quickly. By the way here is the info now on their website today:
 
http://www.ekwb.com/news/...GTX-900-series-blocks/

Do you mean like a bigger order will be sent out sooner? If so that makes me wanna stick the fans back into my order!
 
Also, the 970 GTX ACX blocks just came back in stock. So it looks like they're crankin' em out as we speak!

Did I get the following correct?!

• On the store page you claim them to be "In stock!"
• People who want the blocks before upcoming weekend order them with express shipping
• The truth is they will be shipped later and the order is basically equal to a pre-order (although marked as "In stock!")
• -> People wont have those blocks before the upcoming weekend even though they were ordered for that purpose with express shipping
• After some point and a lot of orders you maybe realized its too many orders and mark them as:No stock!
  

To sum it up: For us customers, everything remained the same. The only difference is that you have a lot of pre-orders (and money) now and can start the production but although they were ordered from "In stock!" today none of them got packed nor shipped...
 
Did anyone here who ordered one early today get a shipping confirmation yet?!
 

That sounds like a bit of a conspiracy theory, there.
You are really set on hating EK, aren't you? xD
 
Anyway, I ordered them as soon as they came up for sale today, but iirc it was already about 3pm in Slovenia by the time they went up on the website, so I honestly wouldn't expect a shipping confirmation yet.
I'll update when I do get a shipping confirmation, which I'd expect to be tomorrow or the day after.

Nobody will have shipping confirmations today. Our B2C department is small and by the time the blocks were launched, everyone had gone home :)

Despite the theories, blocks for the first people who got their orders in will be shipped tomorrow. If you're in Europe and got an order in before stock ran out, you may have your blocks by Friday.

Hurray!

Xyzibit
Did I get the following correct?!

• On the store page you claim them to be "In stock!"
• People who want the blocks before upcoming weekend order them with express shipping
• The truth is they will be shipped later and the order is basically equal to a pre-order (although marked as "In stock!")
• -> People wont have those blocks before the upcoming weekend even though they were ordered for that purpose with express shipping
• After some point and a lot of orders you maybe realized its too many orders and mark them as:No stock!

To sum it up: For us customers, everything remained the same. The only difference is that you have a lot of pre-orders (and money) now and can start the production but although they were ordered from "In stock!" today none of them got packed nor shipped...
 
Did anyone here who ordered one early today get a shipping confirmation yet?!
 

I do believe they weren't made available until 3-4pm Slovenia, not leaving them much time to ship today. I also think Derick meant pre-order as in order now, and it'll be sent when it's available which it will be daily, meaning tomorrow.
 
We'll see tomorrow though for sure.
 

EK_Derick
Nobody will have shipping confirmations today. Our B2C department is small and by the time the blocks were launched, everyone had gone home :) 

Despite the theories, blocks for the first people who got their orders in will be shipped tomorrow. If you're in Europe and got an order in before stock ran out, you may have your blocks by Friday.

 
How about those of us that ordered 20 minutes after stock was gone? Any shot at them being sent tomorrow? I'm assuming yes since stock is being made now?

Smokey the Bear

Xyzibit
Did I get the following correct?!

• On the store page you claim them to be "In stock!"
• People who want the blocks before upcoming weekend order them with express shipping
• The truth is they will be shipped later and the order is basically equal to a pre-order (although marked as "In stock!")
• -> People wont have those blocks before the upcoming weekend even though they were ordered for that purpose with express shipping
• After some point and a lot of orders you maybe realized its too many orders and mark them as:No stock!

To sum it up: For us customers, everything remained the same. The only difference is that you have a lot of pre-orders (and money) now and can start the production but although they were ordered from "In stock!" today none of them got packed nor shipped...
 
Did anyone here who ordered one early today get a shipping confirmation yet?!
 

I do believe they weren't made available until 3-4pm Slovenia, not leaving them much time to ship today. I also think Derick meant pre-order as in order now, and it'll be sent when it's available which it will be daily, meaning tomorrow.
 
We'll see tomorrow though for sure.
 

EK_Derick
Nobody will have shipping confirmations today. Our B2C department is small and by the time the blocks were launched, everyone had gone home :) 

Despite the theories, blocks for the first people who got their orders in will be shipped tomorrow. If you're in Europe and got an order in before stock ran out, you may have your blocks by Friday.

 
How about those of us that ordered 20 minutes after stock was gone? Any shot at them being sent tomorrow? I'm assuming yes since stock is being made now?

By Pre-Order I indeed mean "place an order" and it will be placed on backorder. The blocks are 100% designed, they have been manufactured and assembled for several days now to get a decent amount of stock for launch (I don't think some people realize how many people have already ordered and depleted our on hand stock) and all that is left now is to fill the backorders.
 
Blocks are still being produced and will be daily. Unofficially, I'll say that there's a good chance that if you placed an order 20min after they were gone that your order will be fulfilled; but officially, I do not have the production schedule in front of me nor do I know what place in line anyone is in so I cannot guarantee anything.