Ordered through Moto Maker: 10 pm pacific time Monday 9-23. Received before noon on Friday the 27th*, just as promised.
*I actually received it about 6 pm on Thursday the 26th. I was watching the tracking and saw that it actually arrived at my local Fedex facility around 2 pm on Thursday, but "not due out today", so it was going to sit until Friday. No big deal. On a whim I called their 800 number and asked to pick it up rather than have it delivered and within minutes that was noted on the tracking page. About 3 hours later, I got a PHONE CALL from the local Fedex office saying I could pick it up, so I drove over there (about 10 min from my office) and picked it up late afternoon on Thursday.
I say kudos to both the Motorola fulfillment people and Fedex - both excellent.
PS: like my Black-on-Black 32gig phone. I'm not a smart phone expert, this being my first (!),but it sure looks nice and is easy to set up for basic functioning. My wife (IPhone 5, also a newby) and I sat around and compared phones last night. On first blush, it looks like mine is actually simpler, certainly easy to make a clean home screen for basic functions. SHe was proud she could turn me on to flashlight and weather apps
. The IPhone is perfect for her because she's not a gear head and everyone and his/her brother can help her figure out configuration and tweaks because they have IPhones. The Moto is perfect for me because I don't like I-anything, like to totally customize and mess with stuff, and it really is a nice looking, simple to use phone. FWIW I do have an android tablet, so I'm not a complete un-initiate.