Coin flippin' it bro
I just spoke to my guy at the dealership, and let him know that you're hitting a few road blocks back in Cali and may be interested as well. Here's an excerpt from his email.....
"Also, let your friend know that I've already taken deposits from about 10 customers in CA already so I'm prepared to help him with his order as soon as he's ready." The dealership is the #1 Corvette dealer in the country and they're getting 507 Vettes within the first 6-9 months of production. Regarding deposits, I had to put down $2000 since my order was pretty basic since it's something they could keep as a stock car, should I cancel. But the more unique your order is the more money is required as a down payment. I asked him about when I can expect the first batch of them in since I made my interest know the day after the C7 was revealed, and here's what he said...
"As far as timing, at this point it’s difficult to say. It's really going to depend on how the start-up of the assembly line goes as well as the early quality control testing goes. No one knows for sure how long it will take to get the line running at full speed and that’s what we need to know.
In fact, the reason Detroit told us that our initial allocation would be for the first 6 to 9 months because they wanted to five themselves a 3 month window to get the line to full speed. In a perfect world we'd like to see our first batch of cars arrive in time to take to Corvettes at Carlisle but at this point it's anyone's guess.
Of our initial allocation of 507 2014 Corvette Stingrays for the first 6 to 9 months, 355 of those were coupes. This means that we should get 40 - 50 per month once GM gets all of the kinks out of the assembly process. At this point we have about 130 of those coupes committed so we are still in the very early stages of the delivery process.
Also just an FYI:
They also will not be charging one penny over factory sticker price 
So let me know what you want to do and I'll pass on his info to you, and you'll probably need just $2000 down unless you want to go crazy with options.
This is from my order email:
John XXXX Allocation:000123
Deposit:$2000 Paid:06/04/2013
Body Style
1YX07 Stingray Coupe w/Z51 $54,795
Equipment Group
1LT Equipment Group N/C
Transmission
MEP 7 Speed Manual Transmission N/C
Exterior Color
GBA Black N /C
Interior Color
19* Jet Black N /C
Wheels
Q7T Wheels, Z51 Black Aluminum $495
Roof Panel
C2M Carbon Fiber/Glass Dual Roof Package $2,995
Options
ERI Battery Protection Package $100
FAY Carbon Fiber Interior Trim and Instrument Panel $995
FE4 Magnetic Select Ride (Z51 Only) $1,795
NPP Dual Mode Performance Exhaust $1,195
TTV Carbon Flash Spoiler & Mirrors (Z51 Only)$100
Personalization/GCA Accessories
BV4 Plaque, Personalized N/C
RWH LPO, Indoor Vehicle Cover W/A
RZ2 LPO, Front End Cover, Black W/A
V8X LPO, Custom Sill Plates W/A
VLI LPO, Cargo Mat W/A
VRS LPO, Cargo Shade W/A
Preferred Equipement Group
1LT Package Contents:
Active Handling Stability Control
Air Bags, Frontal and Side Impact, Driver and Passenger
Air Conditioning, Dual Zone Automatic Climate Control
Aluminum Frame
Audio System, Bose premium 9-Speaker Syster
Brakes, 4-Wheel Disc, 4-Wheel Antilock
Daytime Running Lights
Driver Information Center
Keyless Access/Start
Mirrors, Outside Heated & Power Adjustable, Body Colored
Oil Life Monitoring System
OnStar - Directions & Connections 6-Month Subscription
Power Tilt & Power Telescopic Steering Wheel
Power Windows w/ Express Up and Down
Remote Vehicle Starter (Automatic Trans Only)
SiriusXM Satellite Radio (3-Month Subscription)
Solar-Ray Tinted Glass
Steering, Power, Speed Sensitive Rack & Pinion Vaiable Ratio
Traction Control
Wipers, Front Intermittent
Z51 - Cooler, Rear Differential (Z51 Only)
Z51 - Differential, Electronic Limited Slip, Rear (Z51 Only)
Z51 - Dry Sump Oil System (Z51 Only)
Since my order was fairly ordinary and just wanted to lock one in, I told him as far as color I may be interested in the Laguna Blue also, and he said it's not a problem, so we just did black on the initial order form.
So it's between these 2