While this is definitely getting worse it's still not to the point of ditching Amazon, NewEgg, and the life in favor or ordering direct from the provider (like

While this is definitely getting worse it's still not to the point of ditching Amazon, NewEgg, and the life in favor or ordering direct from the provider (like Crucial/Micron, for example) but it has gotten to where I'm at least putting lead time on orders to have time to return defects/frauds and source parts from elsewhere.