I sold my 6" Delta jointer this past Saturday and promptly ordered a new Grizzly G0490 the same day. I was told that the items were backordered until mid-March and that the credit card would be charged when the item shipped. This morning I was checking my credit card account online and noticed that Grizzly had already charged my account for the price of the jointer. I called Grizzly to find out if I had misunderstood their policy on charging orders or if the item had actually shipped already. To my surprise, the jointer had shipped on Monday and was already sitting at the shipping depot in Minneapolis. The estimated delivery date is today. Good thing for me that I installed the extra 220V circuit last night.
It almost seems to good to be true, especially with all of the posts that I have read about people who ordered last month and still haven't received their orders. Sorry about that guys. I hope the rest of the experience is as pleasant as it has been so far.