rygD
Nihilistic Mystic
ED said that for preorders he will send them out when they are produced and paid for. I know for the first batch/prepreorders he said he will hold onto our units for us so we get the proper serial numbers. I am not sure if that will be the same case for normal preorders, so hopefully he will respond. The money will help get everything going, so I don't see why he wouldn't offer giving you a later unit as an option, even if you are the only one interested in doing it this way.Will it be possible to preorder, and then redeem it for when the second batch is ready? Would that work?
Although you are concerned about first batch issues, which makes perfect sense, ED has always been excellent about taking care of customers (even if they weren't his customers). If there were major issues I suspect he would allow you to send in your unit to get it repaired, or maybe you could send in just the defective part and he could send a replacement (to save on shipping). The great thing about that is you could have it earlier, and you might be able to help identify such problems, if they exist, even if all you can offer is "hey, this weird thing happens when I do this stuff".