I had inquired about the "preorder" several days ago because I had never ordered this way before and wanted to make sure that all preorders were filled - and that I would not find out later that they could not fill them. Got this reply today - which was great to hear from them:
Yes, you are confirmed to be in our pre-order window. We did get an update this morning and we were informed that the pre-order hops were coming in as we speak to our supplier. It could take 1-2 weeks for all of them to arrive from HopUnion but because we are located 2 miles down the road from the national supplier of all homebrew shops and pick up inventory orders 5 days a week, as soon as they arrive from HopUnion, we will be able to pick them up and ship them out immediately. My best estimate would be that they should all be shipped out in the next 2-3 weeks.
Cheers!