Yup, pretty frustrating when the information supplied by the company is either wrong or confusing. The warehouse/ fulfillment center is an extension of Particle, and should treat customers as well as the folks at Particle do. But they don't. The order status system is not good. I stopped looking at it cause it just made me upset. There is better information in the posts from @will and @vivek.
Exactly seven months ago I ordered two photons (with headers). This morning DHL knocked at my office andā¦ Hey ! Two photons in an envelope !
Hey all,
Sorry for the frustration here. Please do keep in mind that weāre still a small team and weāre trying to manage communications to the best of our abilities while also pushing hard to get everything out the door. Weāre shipping out ~20,000 units to ~10,000 customers in a period of a couple of weeks. Weāre pushing the limits of our e-commerce system (which isnāt really designed for orders that include both pre-orders and standard orders in the same transaction; Iām not aware of any e-commerce system that can handle that gracefully, unfortunately). Weāre getting really close to getting everything out the door but please bear with us.
@bendrix I totally agree that we need to make some changes to the way we do our e-commerce and logistics to ensure better transparency and information to our customers. That said, Iām sure you understand that we canāt make any massive changes in the middle of something like this; unfortunately all we can do is learn the lesson and make some changes before our next big push on the Electron.
We do really appreciate the feedback, thank you all for keeping us honest. I am sorry this process has been frustrating but do know that weāre doing our best to manage this very complex distribution, and Iām looking forward to when you all get your orders so you can experience all the hard work we put into the Photon, which we are truly proud of.
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Also, Iāve talked to the team, and weāre going to send out regular emails to everyone whoās still waiting for Photons and accessories, starting today, to try and improve our transparency. Stay tuned!
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The Particle team is working hard to fill all those backorders, and I'm sympathetic to the reasons they are delayed. You won't hear me complaining about that. Its good to hear an acknowledgement that the customer facing order software needs to be replaced. And for sure, right now is not the time.
Well... Order mixed with Preorders can be handled gracefully. iTunes, Barnes and Noble, REI, to name a few that I've used for pre-orders and orders from stock. When I check my order status, it clearly shows what is on the original order and what has been shipped and what will be shipped, and a projected date. In the case of iTunes, it is pre-released music, but still, its the same.
If you want someone to research platforms for you, I'd be glad to help out.
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Actually there is āthose other guysā with a working solution, better in some ways, worse in some ways.
The main difference is their solution ties you into one cloud solution, and all network traffic have to go trough their cloud, no local LAN communication for example.
I am looking forward to my photons for this very reason, datalogging on a local network cant be dependant on internet and a remote cloud being up.
Also my credit card was charged this morning, from the mails it seems all pure photon orders will be shipped in these weeks, in that case that could have been written more clear in the update, and would maybe calm the mob 
My card was also charged last night and I received an email that it will be shipping soon. It sounds like thereāll be 2000 photons with header pre-orders not fulfilled. I ordered in December and donāt seem to be one of them.
For the record, I received my Photon last week, and had no problems claiming it, once I realized I needed to download the new Particle app to my phone to replace the old Spark Core app. 
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Just to let you know: My 20 Photons were sent out last Friday (July 3) and arrived already today in Germany !!! (Photons are traveling with lightspeed ;-))
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According to the shipping information, my Photon is leaving Los Angelesā¦ even though I received it yesterday!!! 
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Yeah, I think Particle might have some issues with their e-commerce setup 
Mineās still processing since the payment was taken last Friday. Looking forward to the promised update today!
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Mine Just changed from Fulfillment :processing to Fulfillment Filedā¦ WTF?
and order has been paid.
Sent email but no response yet. 
Out of curiosity, when did you guys order? My first order was placed in January and I have seen no progress. Of course mine was a combo Core/Photon order and so that could be messing things up. Naturally, the core arrived months ago.
My second photon-only order was on May 1 and there has been no word on that one either.
@shuidobro, do watch your language when interacting in the forum. We aim to be nice and courteous for the benefit of the whole community
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Hi, all. Thanks for all your patience here. Weāre working hard to fulfill all the orders and jump on every shipping issue as it comes up. If you have already written into hello@particle.io with your shipping problem, it is definitely being reviewed.
@shuidobro your orderās status change from processing to fulfilled is probably a good sign-- typically orders are marked as āfulfilledā when they are going out, and I expect youāll be getting a shipping email soon with a tracking number. However, if you donāt get this in the next day or so, definitely send an email into hello@particle.io letting us know about that weirdness.
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Christine or anyone elseā¦
Can you clarify how multiple unit shipments are handled? For example, I ordered a prototyping bundle that included a Core, breadboard, cable and a Photon. Everything except the Photon was in stock and was shipped immediately and I received them without an issue.
Now I am waiting on the Photon. The system shows the ordered as fulfilled which is only partially true since the Photon has not shipped. Will I get some kind of confirmation when the Photon ships? Is there any way for me to see it in the system?
Thank you.
@JL_678 When your Photon ships, you should get an email and a tracking number.
Unfortunately, the Celery status page will stay the same. There is not an elegant way for the current system to show when your pre-order ships on the status page, but we are definitely hearing the feedback on how difficult this system has been for many users. There will be a lot of discussions going forward on how to handle this better. Thank you for being so patient with us in the meantime.