Why? The places that sold the tablet....shouldnt have. it still says 1-2 weeks on the play store....just because a few places sold them now everyone "expects" one, its ridiculous.
Hm... I kinda fall within the two camps here I think.
There is an implicit suggestion that when pre-ordering anything well in advance from the manufacturer or original supplier that you will receive the item on the day of release. Even more so if you paid a premium on delivery charges (after all, the reseller will be purchasing their stock at a discount, the originator purchases theirs at
cost - e.g., more profit).
I can see why some people would be annoyed at not having received theirs. I am a little frustrated at not having mine - I wanted to play with it this weekend!
Its easy to say that the anger is misplaced - that the reseller is at fault. But then, what would they care?
Their customers are happy. I think it would only be right and proper for pre-order customers to send a short, polite email to Google Play's CS team to advise them of their annoyance. I wouldn't expect anything in the way of compensation (after all, no one died or even lost a service they already had) but it does add to the feedback that any organisation get, and maybe help to strengthen these things in future.
Of course, the other side of me just thinks... Meh. Its only a gadget... it'll get here next week.