I agree with this feeling like a bait and switch. I saw the 28th and figured that was when they were going to be shipped. Honestly I would have ordered from someone else and paid the extra 20 bucks to have it in hand sooner. I don't even know what color I'm getting because all it said was carbon fibre so I am assuming that's the black textured one.
Bottom line here is that transparency is healthy here. If they get complaints when they tell people their pre-order will be about three weeks out, they can point to the price tag and assure their customers they are getting a great deal on a factory direct item. I have no issue with the wait personally, but so far I don't like the execution. Basically any vaping distributor could have done the exact same thing, but they didn't because of the known delivery delays from innokin and other uncertainties.
I also worry innokin might not be too pleased with this pre-sale given their stance on the itaste mvp 1.0 where they would not budge on the bottom end MSRP. C2C is circumventing any price floor right out of the gate on a wanted item, which Innokin might not appreciate (another reason vendors might not have copied C2C's tactic).
I already got my wrap for the new MVP.
