OK, I went ahead and ordered via the innerwebs but I have been told by 2 Verizon representatives this morning that it will not ship immediately. I will be a little upset if I am waiting beyond the 18th for this phone to arrive!!
HI...I was online at midnight. I signed in and selected the line I wanted to upgrade and followed their instructions. On the last page before checkout, (order summary) at the bottom it said, estimated ship date 11-10-2010. Then I hit complete order and the next page was a confirmation page BUT nothing was final everything stated pending upon credit approval. So I copy/pasted the information to a word document and signed off. Then 5 minutes later I got a confirmation email that had an order# (the web receipt had an application #, stated pending) and all the order details. This email confirmed the ship date. It said Ship date: 11-10-2010, signature required for delivery.
While ordering online there wasn't an option to change shipping methods or expedite the order. The only option for shipping was changing the delivery address