As Plato once said:
I never seem to get things early. I think this is because the centers that Amazon and GameStop ship to me from are really close to my house, distance-wise. It would be about an hour drive to either one, if it was a normal drive and not a delivery truck ride.
GameStop ships from Texas and then the item arrives in California the night before, and Amazon typically sends my item out at 2 a.m. the day of release. Maybe one day I'll have an 'I got this early!' story, but for now, I'm just glad my things arrive at all! The day Fates released in NA I was a little disastrous ball of nerves.