a lesson one could learn lookin back 2013 is that Q1/Q2 will ALWAYS mean Q2 and not Q1

I guess I should've said "BY the time these puppies..." - hashfast, cointerra, bitmine, others might start delivering hardware far before KNC.

Mind you they said Q4 for the October and Nov Batches and they came in Q4

"might" is the operative word

no, they said Q3 about October first batch! you remember? late summer mid of September.

28nm seems quite peculiar in this matter... it seems that some miners the warmer they are the better they perform. some people said it could be related to GE VRMs rather than asic chips themeselfs, take this into account since your miner use Ericsson rather than GE.

anyway use the search function of the forum to get more info about it

A lot of people here, myself included, have discovered that they are running better when they are warmer. Let them go to 60 or 65 °C, or whatever you can manage. Some guys claimed that a short heating graeter than 70 °C helped to speed them up. Try it and you will see.

You mean yesterday processing
Today paid?
Same and mine

this is what their order system tells to me. it switched from "In Progress" back to "Paid". "Paid" is the status where a paid order is waiting to get included in the production line.