I've been annoyed with Newegg and Amazon over this pre-select pay option bit for a while. Newegg almost got me on my last order, but mostly because they put the shipping part waaaaay down on the screen and if you don't look when you scroll, it gets you. Amazon at least has all the pay stuff in a colored summary box at the top off to the right so it's dead obvious they have charged you shipping. I've had no issue with the speed of either retailer using free shipping though. I ordered from Amazon on the 12th, $35+ order with free shipping and received it today. I made a free shipping qualified Newegg order < $10 on Friday and also received it today.