This interests me. What address specifically did you email? I'm about to throw about $1500 at newegg, might as well try this myself see if I can get a coupon thrown in!
Yeah, I live a couple hours away from City of Industry, CA (in L.A.) where a lot of places have distribution centers. I generally get next-day deliveries with standard UPS 3-day. The downside is since newegg has a distribution center in California, I have to pay sales tax on purchases. So it's more harm than good, really, considering we're talking hundreds in taxes.