Just wanted to clear something up here.... I've been patient and have added to the "be patient" discussion here and I don't have my Zion yet, either. From what you say, we probably ordered at about the same time. This is the way it normally goes with new, not fully vetted or tweaked vapes. Check FC for many similar situations (and quite a few worse ones!) if you haven't, yet And, if you didn't before you purchased, shame on you!
Since we ordered around the same time, I'm guessing we both probably got about the same lower introductory price. October was the posted expected date, but that was a perfect world estimate (same as usual with anything - vape or otherwise). Again, if someone doesn't get how this works, they probably shouldn't purchase like this. Always an option to wait for the point in the process where you order and it ships within 48 hours, though you won't get the same introductory prices. In my view, you & I have been paid (with the discount) to sit back and wait until it's ready and shipped. So yeah... that means waiting as long as it takes. If anyone isn't OK with that, wait till it is in full production. The middle option - getting a refund because you don't like waiting - has been offered for quite some time. More so, and pushed by RBT more so than in most other cases I've seen.
Don't mean to take it out on you specifically, but it irks me to come to the thread to read about the vape, where things may be in production, and other such things that are supposed to be the topics of any thread - and have to skim through a bunch of bitching and griping from someone who got into something they didn't understand or have changed their mind about. Talking about when you ordered, and when you receive (or get an email) is different - and valid info, but coming here to vent is a whole different thing.
If people can't put on their big boy (or big girl) pants, maybe they should take their refund and come back in a few months. Or, learn how to enjoy the vapes they already have while they wait, and enjoy the Zion that much more when it lands on your doorstep. If that's too much, maybe create a thread where you can have an online support group/pity party and all piss and moan together. But please, for the love of God, stop whining here! Not only is it annoying to troll through for the rest of us, IMO it really reflects poorly on the posters and makes me wonder why they're here instead of grasscity or reddit.