Ah, yeah, companies like that I never buy from, something that far out means either they don't have it in stock and e.g. may have trouble getting it, and you're

Ah, yeah, companies like that I never buy from, something that far out means either they don't have it in stock and e.g. may have trouble getting it, and you're likely to get a better deal elsewhere from a vendor that deals with the item in quantity, or they're so messed up they can't get it out any time sooner, which I take as a very bad sign. Of course, if something is being shipped slowly and therefore cheaply from e.g. Japan, that's fine. And the U.K. book and CD vendors take a while, but they don't quote periods hardly that long, and in my experience under-promise and over-deliever. But I'll frequently pay a bit more to get something sooner than from them.