Is this first time in history of BFL that it delivered something on time?

So if the Avalon chips were late and could no longer ROI, the BFL chips are also...WAY....to late.
I'd encourage you to let 'em be.
If they're happy with boards at $20/GH, then more power to them. The bitcoins may not come flooding in by the time the boards are running, but they'll come in at some rate, and participation in the network is -or should be- its own reward.
Also, while
dwdoc has received his chips, it looks like some of the group buys have shipping date around the 30th. It's really too early to put the post-game show up yet.
The "genesis block" costing sheet indicates that boards of $20/Ghs will be returning on investment if they start mining before the middle of November.
They will be "mined out" by March unless the price of BTc rises.
So no get rich here. But probably ROI.
I have recently looked at the BFL Monarch board. If this ships in December then It may just ROI. If it ships End of January onwards then it will need a massive Increase in the value of BTc to survive.
Mine bitcoins for the hobby of doing it, not the profit.
If you do make a profit you can "maybe" just about re-invest it in the next generation of miners.