Seems Amazon got the right idea, though not sure it relates to CE, could Walmart follow suit? May be old news by now..
http://www.amazon.com/Pre-order-Shipment-Clarification/forum/Fx2CV073IGYKIZE/Tx323SVRB68I71Y/1/ref=cm_cd_dp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B005B8DRVU
Keeping my fingers crossed.
BTW Thanks OP for keeping us all up to date!