OK, it's very useful information in any case, I might just hold off until the status of the warranty is clarified, which brings me to...
Well, I might have to have words with our purchasing department because I put in a requisition to buy it from "Dynamism, Inc.", who I know to be an official reseller and I'd used them before. But they bought it from "Ideal System Solutions, Inc." (idealssi.com) instead and I don't know why (unless it was to buy it for 2950 instead of 2999 USD). That company doesn't appear to be on the list of recommended Ultimaker resellers. I'm currently waiting for an e-mail back from their sales/support person, so will wait until I get that before proceeding. I agree shipping it around isn't the best.