Oh, I would presume that all future new releases will be handled this way. The pre-order this Vday was a big test for GP. Perseas mentioned that they would test and adjust if necessary this time for the future releases.
I would suspect it went very well preventing server issues and to help GP gauge more solid number to run on the first release of specific
devices. I always would opt for a pre order than F5 craziness from those that do not understand how to allow a page to load completely

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Hmm, I prefer the direct orders, too much unneeded stress from both sides. Take for example what happened here: we are officially tomorrow up to 29 days, but we didn't take in account our suppliers' needs for the same period. Preorders are good for small numbers solely in my opinion. We did it to save shipping cost for our clients, but it is pretty stressful, we'll continue with direct orders from now on, except special occasions.
We'll raise the shipping limit with registered mail from 30€ το 47€ for the spare parts in a few days.
Till Friday we'll have sent them all, but whoever wants to cancel a pre order before he receives his tracking number, we'll respect his wish and we'll refund him at once.
We need 3 days, maybe less, beyond the initial limit.
We don't play tricks with the tracking numbers. For every DHL waybill we send, the corresponding parcel is sent at the same day. More orders will be sent tomorrow and the day after and a few ones on Thursday and Friday maybe none.
A few days delay maybe it is not a big deal, but for some it may create changes to their plans and I apologise for this.