"There's a simple way of letting us know how our orders are proceeding. Seeing as the orders are being processed in the order in which they were paid for (and nobody's getting bumped up the queue) let us know, on a daily basis, which payment date you are now up to. Not approximate, give an exact date (working through orders paid for on 12th November 2013, 15th January 2014, etc.)

That, and ONLY that, will let us all know how close our own orders are to completion."

Funnily enough, no response, which tells me that orders are either being shipped out at random, to "preferred buyers" or not at all.