I don't appreciate being flat out lied to, so I canceled my pre-order (was not direct from Tekno).
Fortunately, my LHS (NorCal Hobbies) is awesome, so I should still be able to get the EB48 built by this weekend to race if I'm not too slow with my building fingers.
Major props to TeknoRC for doing all they can to help folks out, and having such amazing communication and transparency with us all. I know it takes a lot of time and effort to do at the individual level as you have, so THANK YOU!