Final update - part 2: I ordered a truck first week of July, never heard a peep from either GMC or the dealership until I went to the dealership in early Sept. to see if they had status. At that time they said the TPW was 9/26 and that was the last I heard from them. Between July and last week, I never received any of the status emails from GMC. Fast forward to last week and I got an email from GMC on 11/10 telling me 'congrats on placing your order'. On 11/11, I received another email saying my truck was scheduled for production. This morning, 11/14, I received another at 8:30am EST telling me the truck has been shipped and to expect a call from the dealership. Well, they were right...at 9:30am this morning the dealership called to say they have the truck on the lot and I can pick it up today. (bang head here)Final update: I happened to get lucky yesterday and stumbled upon the exact same build that was in stock at another local dealer and it now sleeps in my driveway. I hope the manufacturing and shipping gods smile on all you folks and you get your builds in a reasonable timeframe.
The moral of this story is communication between GMC, the dealership and customer is way out of whack so set your expectations accordingly.