Yeah.. that's the only weird thing. I want to pre-order ("get in the queue") because I want the board when it ships.

From my point of view, the idea that I can't pre-order something because they are already funded is odd.

What seems odd to me is the idea of a Brit actively keeping people from queuing. That's basically Britain's national pastime.

Depends on how you handle the pre-orders, most would try something like paypal but they are so terrible at dealing with pre-order payments and account freezing that it is easier to avoid pre-orders at all.