Well, not to reply to my own post or anything, but I have follow-up info.
I gave the place a call back last Friday, and they were still out of stock on my fork. But they were VERY apologetic, and told me if there was another fork I might be interested in, they'd cut me a deal.
Well, to make a long story short, I'm getting a MUCH better fork for only a few dollars more, and at a much better price than I can find anywhere else on the net. So basically I now own a fork I would not have otherwise been able to afford.
I guess I'm so f-ing used to places jacking me around (i.e. Performance, etc) that I'm amazed whenever anyone goes out of their way to get my order straight like this. I'll definitely be ordering from them again.