HSN may be selling Windows 8 PCs right now, but it appears that buyers must wait until nearly two weeks after Microsoft ships Windows 8 at the end of October before these early shoppers get their new PCs. At first it appeared HSN intended to ship the Windows 8 PCs within the site's standard time frame of five to seven business days. During PCWorld's first call to an HSN customer service representative at the company's after hours call center, we were assured the PCs would ship in the usual five to seven business days. But during our second and third calls, sales representatives in HSN's prime time call center said the PCs won't ship until about November 8.

ZDNet, which first reported on the HSN Windows 8 sales, was also told the PCs would ship in the standard five to seven business days. The Verge, however, reports the PCs will ship between November 5 and 8, similar to what HSN told PCWorld.

As ZDNet noted, HSN's early Windows 8 sales indicate that, as feared, Windows 8 PCs will come loaded with crapware just like their Windows 7 and Vista predecessors.