I am lol'ing at the oops email.
fyi, i just got a notification that artificial horizon is being shipped to me. they also gave me a fedex tracking number.
I wouldn't rip into the people who run the site too hard for this. I got the e-mail as well, and I knew off the top that it had to be some mistake. And just to be safe, my account info on the site said that my expiration date was indeed not until next year. So no harm done really... and they sent out an apology e-mail later on in the day, so it works out.
That being said, I know of a lot of other fan clubs/sites that don't offer half as much as U2.com does or even the customer service of such, so I think we should cut them some slack here. Like somebody already says, sh*t happens, you know.
Oh, and I finally got my copy of Artificial Horizon in the mail today. Listening to it as we speak!