Soooo you know how everyone is always saying how stupid the VZW service folks are? Well it seems like there may be something to that rumor.... I called today and when the lady saw I ordered on 7/23 she gave me the canned "should ship by 8/3". When I pressed her about what the other rep told me yesterday ("should ship by 7/27") she had no clue.
I'm now wondering if the rep I spoke with yesterday was just misquoting the estimated ship date schedule. You'll recall that when orders initially began getting delayed, the ship date was first pushed to 7/23, then to 7/27 and most recently to 8/3. Perhaps my rep on Sunday looked at the incorrect date range and told me the 27th. I'm going to try back in a bit and see what a third rep can tell me.
On the plus side, if I continue receiving inconsistent info, it could give me something to get a little irate about and maybe lead to a pushed up ship date? Probably not, but a guy can dream right? (I mean I can't dream about fish taco aaaaaalllll the time... gotta switch it up a bit LOL)