Quite a few people who pre-ordered one of these things were under the impression that shipping of actual production units would begin in December.

http://community.glowforge.com/t/shi...-next-year/605

According to a local business article in the Seattle times, all units will be shipping until early next year?

http://www.seattletimes.com/business...ing-record/115


Is this correct?

I guess I missed the * after the word December.
Uhmmm...that better NOT be the case.
Ugh.. what? I was thinking when they said they would roll out units and December that I would get mine around January at the latest. If its much past January I might have to just cancel I seriously cant wait that long I have work for this thing to do..
Gee, I wonder how they got that idea?

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[That's what the order page looked like when they launched their pre-order campaign in September.]

They did hedge that fairly early on to clarify that just the "first units" would ship in December. Here's what the CEO said on November 23:

When we launched, we said “First units shipping December 2015”, and then went on to say that units purchased before October 23 would ship in the first half of 2016. Now the first shipments are about to happen! (Stay tuned for an email in a few days on how you can apply to get one of the first few beta units). However, we’ve heard from a few people who thought that all the shipments would happen in December. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. To make sure your final Glowforge is as good as it can possibly be, we’re going to start by shipping a small number of beta units starting in two weeks. We’ll build the next set of units on a small test line over the course of the month. Then, the majority of units will roll out in the first half of next year.
According to that Geekwire article, none of that has happened yet. I don't see how anyone can say that "isn't even actually a delay."