Apparently it is Dell's policy not to assure on any delivery dates as per their Terms of Sale where they state "Estimated shipping dates can be found at My Order Status on www.dell.ca. Shipping dates are estimates only. Dell is not responsible for delays resulting from circumstances or causes beyond Dell's reasonable control." Also, Dell will redefine English language to their benefit as such to promote and maintain control over their sales and shipping processes. For example, “deliver”, “delivered”, “ship”, “shipped”, “in transit”, “may expect”,  and “production” do not translate or can be defined in the way a reasonable person would define them. For Dell, it appears your delivery is based on 'x' number of days from the date it is shipped; however, Dell refuses to provide a shipping date. Also, a shipping date can be defined as a shipping label being generated even though a courier has not picked up an item, or will not for days or weeks. Shipped can mean it has left their facility/warehouse enroute to another facility before a courier actually picks it up.
I'm a bit worried, i ordered my Alienware Aurora R9 on Dec 8th, Estimated delivery is 12/20/19, paid for faster shipping, but seeing a lot of posts this month about how people are waiting weeks, if not months for what they paid good money for. Also hearing about Intel chip shortage ? If there's a chance i'm not going to receive my package on or before the 20th id like to know now so i can take my business elsewhere, i'm not about to wait over a month to get what i already paid for.
I'm hearing a lot of bad things about Dells shipping....