I think the complaint is that the estimated ship dates are not even close and the companies probably know it... but want his money so are using best case estimates. If he knew it was 8 weeks to ship and not 4 weeks he might still buy the item because that may be the only source of what he is after, but he will at least not be as frustrated if it’s really 9 weeks until it ships... because that is only a 1 week difference and not a month...
Yes estimated ship dates are estimated but Covid has been around for a year.... these companies should have plenty of data from restocking supply lead times to manufacturing lead times, etc to be able to adjust their ship date estimates to more accurately reflect this new normal of extended lead times...
And while we all understand this is the new normal we also understand that every supplier is listing on their websites “Due to Covid lead times are longer” it would be understandable if they were more stand up about it and said “Could be up to or exceeding 12 weeks to ship at time of order” instead of sticking arbitrary and currently unachievable yet still believable ship dates based on what they know...
