Verizon has phones to ship to you, just got an email that mine has shipped and to be delivered on Monday. They said it would not ship until October 5th. Sorry for your bad luck.
Thanks. It's good to know that they have devices! They just refuse to send one to me until they go through their 'investigation' process along with FedEx. Still no word from them (they commented that I would be getting a call yesterday or today)... so I'm keeping my fingers crossed