I don't know why people even spend any effort on any of this back and forth email, quality issues, grading system, alignment issues, email lists, production delays, pre-order queues and much more. All it does is create headaches for everyone. Reminds me of when JJP shows games off at shows that are 20% complete. Puts a bad taste in everyone's mouth, before anything is even available.
For me, it's much easier to just buy a CPR PF in person. That is, from one of the distributors that sells them at shows. You know the price right there. You know exactly what you are getting. No shipping nightmares. Pay in cash. Done. So much better. I say no preorders and don't tell anyone anything until the damn things are available directly from the distributors that sell for CPR. At least that way, there is less whining. Yeah yeah, I know.. there's some people that can't go to pinball shows because their wives won't let them. 
As far as I know, you can buy as many PF's from a run as you want, correct? I say that you should have to send in your old sanded down PF to CPR as a deposit, and then they should just naphtha that damn thing, silk screen it, and clear it. At least that way, they would know who is serious and who is a tire kicker. That would cut the production times in half and cut costs way down. Could do 100's of PF's a week. Who's with me? 
