Yeah this practice has been going on for a while now, in past it was only like 1 month out or ships in 2 weeks blah blah, since the industry seems to have gone to a 3+ month pre-order standard the resellers are left with paying up front and trying to get people to buy the same pre-order at an increased premium ahead of time.
Each individual sellers reputation/trust should be taken into consideration any time you try to purchase someones "pre-order"
In the case of this one, someone was trying to get a bunch of attention by listing 40+
Listing has been ended so I'm sure they got the wrong kind of attention.