I really wish I'd read through this earlier. I've never really looked at efx for anything other than their SW stuff, but for some reason, I'm all about some S.H.I.E.L.D. lately.
I saw this the day it was announced & immediately posted a thread in the JY to see if someone could pick mine up before I pre-ordered. Several folks have been gracious enough to offer to get mine & ship it to me with no charge, just to help me out. Then the day before it goes up for pre-order, they announce that if you don't or can't pick it up, then they'll ship it to you. The only issue is that they reserve the right to charge your card for an undisclosed amount for shipping & handling, with no further authorization from you. This has me worried. Shipping I can deal with, but there's no telling what they can charge for 'handling' it from CA, to NY, then back to CA before shipping it out.
So, I decide I'll just stick with my original plan on having someone pick it up for me, but, after several e-mails & calls to customer service, I can't get an answer about if a 3rd party will be ALLOWED to pick these up for you. I mean the thing will have my name & face on the thing, so I don't know why someone would steal it, unless it would be to get the Coulson ID & badge.
Either way, after reading this, I see that now that they have my $$$, I shouldn't hold my breath waiting on an answer to my questions.
One last thing. The money was drafted from my account 3 minutes after I placed my order, but I still haven't gotten a confirmation e-mail yet. They said one would be coming, but no joy as yet. Is this normal with them?