Jacket, I hope you could live with yourself for buying Japanese, they seem like nice people to me. That said, I understand your pain. I truly do. On HTF I remember a thread was started last summer about how it was only 100 days till the 950 shipped. Ugh! That seemed like forever. Then the delays and the delays... Then the night of ordering the 950 I am visiting my parents and their power goes off about 5 minutes before the resevation list began. It was one of those things I can look back on and laugh, but believe me, my parents still wonder about my mental stability after that night. The power came back on and I was about 30 minutes late getting in. I was fine with that because I figured I would easily be in the first shipment. Well that turned out to be wrong and I had to sit and relive the power outage in my head over and over while I read the outlaws were stopping shipment after the first wave to clear up the drop outs. I would have had the outlaw in early april had it not been for KCPL (Kansas City Power and Light). I remember somebody writing that they stumbled upon the Outlaw reservation list about five minutes after it opened. Now, that to me would have been heaven. Get in as early as the original waiters but without all the waiting. In the end, it was a very, very crazy wait but I can not tell you how glad I did not jump on that great deal I could have had on the Onkyo 989. I am sure that this has helped nobody but I never actually "vented" during this saga and I figure now it seems kinda funny since I am not on the end of my rope with anticipation everytime I see the word Outlaw in my email. Trust me, it will come and you will be soooooooo happy you waited. I wish I could make it easier, but I aint giving mine up for anything. Unless you want to start the bidding...

[This message has been edited by Jed M (edited May 13, 2002).]