@dixienarco2001 both meanings of “pre-order” can be true.
You are explaining what “pre-order” means to a buyer. Mitch was explaining what a “pre-order” means to a producer. If you check Estimated shipment of the Tracker Mini you will see that Polyend was indeed “In the scramble to get preorders out as fast as we could”. Even if you bought a Mini to a retailer on the spot in what wasn’t a pre-order for you, the retailer had that Mini available thanks to a pre-order they had with Polyend.
I hope this helps and we can move on with this detail. Semantics won’t fix hardware. 