
I was upset

So I contacted them to cancel my pre-order & inquired about the sudden & late change in release date - pointing out my invoice even stated the ship date would be February 20th 2009 when I pre-ordered it.
Anyhow, my rambling here is to paste the response I received from them about that.
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02/04/2009 11:32 AM
[..stuff about confirming they canceled my pre-order ...]
Also, I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you so far. We would like to inform you that as of now, there is no official release date for The Sims 3. The game is currently being sold as a pre-order and is not available for shipping. Actual release dates cannot be given out as the game is still in production. Once the game will release, it will be shipped to all the pre-ordered customers on first come first serve basis.
I hope this information helps. If there is anything else we can help you with please let us know.
[..stuff about confirming they canceled my pre-order ...]
Also, I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you so far. We would like to inform you that as of now, there is no official release date for The Sims 3. The game is currently being sold as a pre-order and is not available for shipping. Actual release dates cannot be given out as the game is still in production. Once the game will release, it will be shipped to all the pre-ordered customers on first come first serve basis.
I hope this information helps. If there is anything else we can help you with please let us know.
So this EA rep claims there had not been an official release then nor before the date of his response since the game is still in production ??
