It's a bit of a cliché at this point that the bottleneck for DEFCON badges is Customs and they always arrive at the very last minute.
The exception was DEFCON 19's non-electronic, titanium badges, which were not just on time but arrived so early that the DEFCON staff hadn't taken over the conference location yet, so they ended up getting stored in someone's hotel room.
The exception was DEFCON 19's non-electronic, titanium badges, which were not just on time but arrived so early that the DEFCON staff hadn't taken over the conference location yet, so they ended up getting stored in someone's hotel room.