Well UPS lied, they delivered at the end of the day yesterday
Another early arrival as I've read many times on here before.
Yup
to Amazon for expediting the replacement unit and happy to say that UPS didn't ask for any more brokerage $ either as I think I read here too.
Now I can officially close my following of this thread and move on to regular ones ( as in how much this thing impresses me so far - & I'm not the reader / owner ).
Yup - happy wife = happy life.
Good luck to those still waiting...