Yeah, my issue isn't so much with Fedex; they picked up Thursday and said they'd have it here Monday (and their timestamp literally came minutes after their reported pickup as noted above). That seems reasonable to me and if they're a few days late given the suspension of delivery guarantees, that falls in line with what Samir mentioned above.
My gripe is more the 10 days wait between taking my money and getting the package out the door -- that seems to be strictly on their end. If you were to purchase something from a member on the STH forums and they took your money, gave you a tracking number and it showed that they didn't bother to drop it off at (insert delivery method of choice here) for 10 days and not communicate anything, I think you might be a bit (insert non-positive feeling here)...
I also had a five day weekend from work coinciding with the original delivery date -- plenty of time to play with the new toy. Being front line in a hospital doesn't afford me those opportunities often. The last time I had five consecutive days off was September and I arranged that nearly three months in advance.
