CEA pre-order screw up

Okay, I pre-ordered CEA pretty much right after it was available back in the beginning of freaking July. I have been waiting for the game and greatly looking forward to it for months, and today the anticipation was hard to bear.

Now, 47 minutes after the game has been released in my time zone, Amazon is -BLAM-ing telling me that my payment won’t work and that the item will not be shipped. I definitely entered all my information correct, and even if I didn’t, why the heck did they wait until the day I was supposed to receive it to test it?

I’m really pissed because now I will have to wait probably a week if not until Christmas to get it, and I have no idea if I will even be able to get the pre-order bonuses if I just buy the game at the store.

I remember back at Reach release, a lot of the things they claimed were ‘exclusive pre-order bonuses’ just came with nearly all the copies of the game, pre order or not. Does anyone have any idea if I might be able to get the pre-order grunt funeral skull if I pick up a copy as soon as I can? I could care less about the avatar armor, but I would rage hard if I ended up not getting the skull.