That sucks - had a similar situation with shipping issues a few weeks ago. Bought a game from GEX in Denver and instead of just travelling 6 hours north to me, it went east to Kansas City where it sat for 5 days before going north to Minneapolis where it sat for another 2 days before making its way back west. It went from R&L Carriers to Roadrunner and finally to Magnum. I had to call multiple times to prod them along as to when it would be delivered. When I was told 2-3 days, I just went to the terminal and picked it up. Box looked like hell, but other than some wear on the edge of the lockdown bar it was fine. JJ at GEX replaced that as well as got updates along the way, but still, what a headache.
Hopefully your JP LE is found and your Distributor is taking care of things.