Its a common trend with manufacturers today like Clifford, Offy and others to take orders and money, and when they obtain enough to justify having a full order made, then they make the product. But they often have to sit on your money for 6 months to a year before enough orders get fulfilled. Whether that practice is right or wrong, with the diminishing numbers of interested buyers for this stuff, other vendors are likely to start doing the same as time goes on.
