We are getting our Glowforge Pro too (also Germany). Maybe today :-). Yesterday UPS said is going to be delivered today, but the Glowforge was still at the customs and today my choice doesn´t have a delivery date. So we are very excited.
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Wunderbar! Super stoked that Glowforgea are escaping America.
I’m getting so excited that Glowforges are dropping left and right around me!
“Glowforges are dropping”…I winced! 
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Ha! Elon Musk and Dan must be from the same block, as they are both very optimistic schedulers. Probably the mark of a personally trait needed to take on something like this 
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I got my golden email the 16th and was told that I would be told of the actual shipping within 5 weeks. Nothing yet - not five weeks. I am surprised that European gfs are on the truck while those being shipped to Kentucky are not.
When did you order? These are orders that were placed in 2015.
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Most people are. They’ve done some interesting studies around this in the workplace. Even the most pessimistic of estimates is typically short-sighted of the final deliverable.
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Just got my email on Feb 21. Ordered in March 2016.
Looks like it will take a while longer before GF finds Paducah, KY from what you stated…
I actually know where that is. I found it during last years solar eclipse. Nice place. Huge flood walls. Nice historical murals on them. And that steam engine is huge.
Congrats! 
No, mine’s a basic.
OK. So after the first delivery attempt yesterday, I was able to re-route to the package center and pick it up today after work. Although UPS’ customs department called me yesterday to tell me I need about 500€ (400€ import tax + 80€ customs duty) in cash for delivery (or pickup), at the package center there was no notice to be found regarding any of that. So up until now, I havent payed anything.
The package is a bit banged up, but I have seen worse. 2 handles missing. (Note: the package was stored upright in the pickup center. “This side up” seems to be considered a decorative sticker.)
I didn’t prepare venting arrangements in advance, so I had to build that today before setup. I fixed a dryer outlet to a clear polystyrol plate, which I can place in my open window (with velcro strips to keep it in place). Works well enough for now.
As UPS lost my proofgrade, I used a piece of 5mm MDF I had lying around, masked with painters tape. Printed the metric founders ruler using thick draftboard settings. The engraving and outer cut is very nice, the inner cuts are burned a bit at the narrow end.
All in all, I’m very impressed that it is possible to ship such a heavy machine, filled with coolant, a glass tube, high voltage stuff and electronics half way around the world and have it arrive in perfect condition.
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Me too!
The UI? I haven’t looked at it in detail, but at least focus height was in inches…
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Ah, thats unfortunate.
Thanks for the info
Here’s a little something for you all over in Germany. It also has the bonus effect of annoying my wife no end after me talking up the 
s capabilities and then effectively doing the job of a pair of scissors (but now with added unintended parallax effect).
Also if you want the font it’s called Victor7.
p.s. Had to edit as I forgot to add the picture that gives context to this whole post
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Does it have a CE mark at least? and a declaration of conformity.