SF ASE Set. Pre-Order, Prices, Release Time?

We thought that all of the 2011 sets were going to be FS/ER eligible but it turned out that a small percentage of them actually shipped after the windows closed and that might happen here too. In any case, the FS/ER designation will have little meaning for these sets (and that is compared to its very limited meaning for any coin or set ever issued). Why a provenance that demarks the date the mint shipped a product should affect the value, especially to the extent that it has, is way beyond me. Some very good marketing is taking place that will, someday, leave some laughing and others crying.

I just placed an order for two sets, got the confirmation number but no email. Now it says suspended.
Anyone know what that is all about?

Basebal, you may be closer than I am. I made my guess before looking over the other CCF threads on the SF ASE set. Now after reading those threads, it looks like lots of people are making multiple set purchases (some 10 or 12!)

Probably on back order from to many orders unless there was a problem with your payment method. The confirmation emails can take a while to come

The set orders will be placed on hold (order status) and backordered (product status) until PBGS is ready to start shipping. The order hold is something they do to allow them to verify CC orders in groups so they can maintain FIFO shipping. They take a block of orders, do the CC checks, and then release the holds and send the orders to fulfillment so that they get as close to meeting FIFO as is possible for them. The backordered product status is something they use to prevent the "days it takes to ship from stock" clock from starting. Your order will say backordered until it changes to "in stock and reserved" which means it has been sent to fulfillment (and once fulfilled, on to shipping). None of the "expected shipping" dates are ever real in the global sense let alone with respect to any single order. Don't put any faith in the dates at all. In reality, PBGS will have thousands of the sets in stock before any order changes from the backordered status. PBGS uses common terms much like PCGS does, where "First Strike" means "First Shipped". At PBGS, "backordered" means "in stock but not released for shipping yet" or "in stock but it will be days or weeks before we get to your order and we don't want to have you realize it takes us that long to ship items from stock".