Has anyone that had a December ship date heard anything about shipping since we are approaching the end of December?
Not through an official direct communication, no. I was originally guesstimated to have a ship date around December 27.
However, over on the Discord a couple of weeks ago we were informed that due to shortages of things as benign as
cardboard for the packaging, dates for everyone were slipping a few months.
Posted by user
deft in the mega65 Discord on December 9, 2021, in the "announcements-only" channel:
HO HO OH NO! SANTA IS IN QUARANTINE!
But we make sure the easter bunny gets his booster vaccination.
Due to the current situation it is impossible for us to send out any MEGA65s in December. We are holding our breath for March. Please bear with us!
tl;dr version:
We have been fighting shortage of electronic components for months and mostly succeeded. But now, last minute, seemingly trivial things like cardboard for your lovely printed boxes are unavailable! We most probably cannot ship before March 2022 and are truly sorry for this. The good news: We will then be able to ship larger quantities at once which means you might face close to or no delay at all. We will keep you updated and continue doing what we all, you - the community and the MEGA65 team, believe in.
Only using Discord to share this news seems unwise, IMO. But there we have it.