Bill was and is disillusioned because the work,time and money that went into this release and it not selling well (like so many CR releases).
Many people do seem to prefer blind buying the "new big thing" from certain companies and wait and wait before purchasing something like this.
Then they whine when it's oop and ask for a reprint?
So no he wouldn't have a go at you for not having it,only for complaining about not having had enough time to pick it up.