I received shipping labels yesterday that my 20-November batch will ship on 30-Nov. Considering it's a holiday week this wasn't too bad of a delay. I'm still hoping Steve sends us something special due to the delay. It would be awesome if he allows us early access to purchase the A8 when released. 
Back before Canaan stopped shipping in small quantities, I had ordered a large number from them. A month - yes, a full month - later they emailed indicating they weren't allowed to ship small quantities anymore, and I should use their distributor (minerwarez). I lost over a month of mining time because of that fiasco. Along with a bunch of other people.
Steve apologized and said he'd try to help expedite my orders from minerwarez. As far as I know I didn't get any special treatment.
FWIW, I believe the problem I refer to above was beyond their control. The chinese government laid down some rules and all the sudden they couldn't ship to small people like me.
So, be glad your delay is 10 days. Mine was about 45.
M