Tons of people have gotten avalons, BFL is still making excuses. They said they would be done testing by sunday night, here we are on tuesday and they're strangely silent.
It will still be months before BFL satisifies pre-orders. An order now would really only work as a hedge against a BTC price crash. considering BTC is currrently at about $60.
Why as a hedge? If BTC goes up, $150 in ASIC will still be awesome compared to anything else on the market...
Because right now a jalapeno will cost less than 3 BTC. Should the market correct back to $20/btc, a jalapeno would cost 8.5 BTC.
Edit: assuming BFL ever delivers.