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| | Author: | macebobo | Posted: | Apr 27, 2022 13:15 | Subject: | Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 404 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Rant incoming...
Pick a brick has become a joke since the change. Only 1227 items of 12582 in
stock, that is less than 10% of the items in stock. It had only been getting
worse since it was changed over.
It has been my experience that if you order both bestsellers and standard parts,
you will only get VIP applied properly (when they ship) on bestsellers and I've
had to call to get my points on standard parts when they arrive at my home, they
do not get applied when shipped like bestsellers.
...end of rant. Thanks for listening.
-- John
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| | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | Posted: | Apr 27, 2022 13:20 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 125 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, macebobo writes:
| Rant incoming...
Pick a brick has become a joke since the change. Only 1227 items of 12582 in
stock, that is less than 10% of the items in stock. It had only been getting
worse since it was changed over.
It has been my experience that if you order both bestsellers and standard parts,
you will only get VIP applied properly (when they ship) on bestsellers and I've
had to call to get my points on standard parts when they arrive at my home, they
do not get applied when shipped like bestsellers.
...end of rant. Thanks for listening.
-- John
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I heard a rumor that there's a website where you can buy individual LEGO
bricks, it's like Pick-A-Brick but it has better selection and even some
parts that are no longer in production, it's also owned by TLG…
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| | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Apr 27, 2022 14:57 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 132 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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I heard a rumor that there's a website where you can buy individual LEGO
bricks, it's like Pick-A-Brick but it has better selection and even some
parts that are no longer in production, it's also owned by TLG…
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And the orders arrive faster and are picked more accurately!
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| | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Apr 27, 2022 17:10 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 144 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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I heard a rumor that there's a website where you can buy individual LEGO
bricks, it's like Pick-A-Brick but it has better selection and even some
parts that are no longer in production, it's also owned by TLG…
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And the orders arrive faster and are picked more accurately!
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I know I'm probably not allowed to post this URL, but sorry, can't resist:
https://www.bricklink.com
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| | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | Posted: | Apr 27, 2022 19:47 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 107 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, 1001bricks writes:
| In LEGO, yorbrick writes:
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I heard a rumor that there's a website where you can buy individual LEGO
bricks, it's like Pick-A-Brick but it has better selection and even some
parts that are no longer in production, it's also owned by TLG…
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And the orders arrive faster and are picked more accurately!
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I know I'm probably not allowed to post this URL, but sorry, can't resist:
https://www.bricklink.com
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Reported! Can't post links to sites that compete with Bricklink.
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| | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | Posted: | Apr 27, 2022 13:21 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 107 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, macebobo writes:
| Rant incoming...
Pick a brick has become a joke since the change. Only 1227 items of 12582 in
stock, that is less than 10% of the items in stock. It had only been getting
worse since it was changed over.
It has been my experience that if you order both bestsellers and standard parts,
you will only get VIP applied properly (when they ship) on bestsellers and I've
had to call to get my points on standard parts when they arrive at my home, they
do not get applied when shipped like bestsellers.
...end of rant. Thanks for listening.
-- John
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It's my understanding that they're still in the process of transitioning
inventory to the new distribution center. Hoping that they iron out those issues
and restore their stock soon.
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| | | | Author: | par016 | Posted: | Apr 27, 2022 13:31 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 113 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, macebobo writes:
| Rant incoming...
Pick a brick has become a joke since the change. Only 1227 items of 12582 in
stock, that is less than 10% of the items in stock. It had only been getting
worse since it was changed over.
It has been my experience that if you order both bestsellers and standard parts,
you will only get VIP applied properly (when they ship) on bestsellers and I've
had to call to get my points on standard parts when they arrive at my home, they
do not get applied when shipped like bestsellers.
...end of rant. Thanks for listening.
-- John
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They shut down the standard parts on April 20th for an undefined reason. The
notice originally said they expected it to be back up at the beginning of May
but that has since been changed. The current message says:
"We’re sorry but we’re unable to place new orders for Pick a Brick Standard parts.
Any orders placed before April 20 will take 5-6 weeks from the time they were
placed to be delivered. We’ll update you on LEGO.com once we’ve started back
up again."
They are probably just doing some kind of maintenance or some re-evaluating of
which parts will be available from that service. On the initial transition they
started holding back new parts/colors.
-Pete
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| | | | | | Author: | jonwil | Posted: | Apr 27, 2022 18:00 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 122 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| From what I heard the shutdown of standard parts is just to allow them to catch
up on all the outstanding orders and once that's done things will come back.
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| | | | | | | | Author: | Jakk42 | Posted: | May 18, 2022 10:21 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 83 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, jonwil writes:
| From what I heard the shutdown of standard parts is just to allow them to catch
up on all the outstanding orders and once that's done things will come back.
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I'm hoping they get caught up soon. I'm building a Black Falcon army
to go with the castle MOC I'm building from eight (or more) 3 in 1 sets,
and right now I can't get any weapons except bows or crossbows, no shields
at all, and only the full-face helmets from the blacksmith set. I ended up placing
three separate orders because on my first order I didn't find the heads or
the helms, and on the second order I forgot to add heads for the figures from
the first order. So I'll have three sets of 20 figures each, with only 20
helmets because I want the open-face helmets for the others, and no weapons or
shields. I'm hoping that things are back to normal soon. This is my first
experience with Pick-a-Brick, and it looks like I chose a bad time. LOL
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| | | | | | | | | | Author: | psusaxman2000 | Posted: | May 18, 2022 10:24 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 80 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, Jakk42 writes:
| In LEGO, jonwil writes:
| From what I heard the shutdown of standard parts is just to allow them to catch
up on all the outstanding orders and once that's done things will come back.
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I'm hoping they get caught up soon. I'm building a Black Falcon army
to go with the castle MOC I'm building from eight (or more) 3 in 1 sets,
and right now I can't get any weapons except bows or crossbows, no shields
at all, and only the full-face helmets from the blacksmith set. I ended up placing
three separate orders because on my first order I didn't find the heads or
the helms, and on the second order I forgot to add heads for the figures from
the first order. So I'll have three sets of 20 figures each, with only 20
helmets because I want the open-face helmets for the others, and no weapons or
shields. I'm hoping that things are back to normal soon. This is my first
experience with Pick-a-Brick, and it looks like I chose a bad time. LOL
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It's unfortunate that there isn't another site that sells individual
parts, with quicker shipping turnaround, better pricing and relatively fast customer
support.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | tEoS | Posted: | May 18, 2022 10:35 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 112 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| "better pricing"
Maybe for certain items but not entirely. Animals and minifig parts are often
great buys from their site.
| It's unfortunate that there isn't another site that sells individual
parts, with quicker shipping turnaround, better pricing and relatively fast customer
support.
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| | | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | Posted: | May 18, 2022 10:32 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 72 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, Jakk42 writes:
| In LEGO, jonwil writes:
| From what I heard the shutdown of standard parts is just to allow them to catch
up on all the outstanding orders and once that's done things will come back.
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I'm hoping they get caught up soon. I'm building a Black Falcon army
to go with the castle MOC I'm building from eight (or more) 3 in 1 sets,
and right now I can't get any weapons except bows or crossbows, no shields
at all, and only the full-face helmets from the blacksmith set. I ended up placing
three separate orders because on my first order I didn't find the heads or
the helms, and on the second order I forgot to add heads for the figures from
the first order. So I'll have three sets of 20 figures each, with only 20
helmets because I want the open-face helmets for the others, and no weapons or
shields. I'm hoping that things are back to normal soon. This is my first
experience with Pick-a-Brick, and it looks like I chose a bad time. LOL
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Have you tried ordering from one or more BrickLink sellers? You might find both
better selection and better prices.
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| | | | | | Author: | WoutR | Posted: | Apr 28, 2022 17:20 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 89 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, par016 writes:
| In LEGO, macebobo writes:
| Rant incoming...
Pick a brick has become a joke since the change. Only 1227 items of 12582 in
stock, that is less than 10% of the items in stock. It had only been getting
worse since it was changed over.
It has been my experience that if you order both bestsellers and standard parts,
you will only get VIP applied properly (when they ship) on bestsellers and I've
had to call to get my points on standard parts when they arrive at my home, they
do not get applied when shipped like bestsellers.
...end of rant. Thanks for listening.
-- John
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They shut down the standard parts on April 20th for an undefined reason. The
notice originally said they expected it to be back up at the beginning of May
but that has since been changed. The current message says:
"We’re sorry but we’re unable to place new orders for Pick a Brick Standard parts.
Any orders placed before April 20 will take 5-6 weeks from the time they were
placed to be delivered. We’ll update you on LEGO.com once we’ve started back
up again."
They are probably just doing some kind of maintenance or some re-evaluating of
which parts will be available from that service. On the initial transition they
started holding back new parts/colors.
-Pete
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Guess which parts I bought there? New parts and colours.
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| | | | Author: | edeevo | Posted: | Apr 27, 2022 13:35 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 104 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, macebobo writes:
| Rant incoming...
Pick a brick has become a joke since the change. Only 1227 items of 12582 in
stock, that is less than 10% of the items in stock. It had only been getting
worse since it was changed over.
It has been my experience that if you order both bestsellers and standard parts,
you will only get VIP applied properly (when they ship) on bestsellers and I've
had to call to get my points on standard parts when they arrive at my home, they
do not get applied when shipped like bestsellers.
...end of rant. Thanks for listening.
-- John
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I think it's safe to say that TLG didn't anticipate the popularity of
it, and has been overwhelmed with the traffic since it was initiated... I know
I made my first ever Pick-a-Brick order online using it (and I doubt I'm
the only one)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| | | | Author: | CPgolfaddict | Posted: | Apr 27, 2022 18:21 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 122 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Delete your browser cache & cookies then you'll see the message again when
you first go to PAB.
In LEGO, macebobo writes:
| Rant incoming...
Pick a brick has become a joke since the change. Only 1227 items of 12582 in
stock, that is less than 10% of the items in stock. It had only been getting
worse since it was changed over.
It has been my experience that if you order both bestsellers and standard parts,
you will only get VIP applied properly (when they ship) on bestsellers and I've
had to call to get my points on standard parts when they arrive at my home, they
do not get applied when shipped like bestsellers.
...end of rant. Thanks for listening.
-- John
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| | | | | | Author: | macebobo | Posted: | Apr 27, 2022 19:58 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 105 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, CPgolfaddict writes:
| Delete your browser cache & cookies then you'll see the message again when
you first go to PAB.
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Thanks, however, I can see the message, but I was tracking this phenomenon since
the first of the April and availability was steadily falling with standard parts.
There are currently 12 standard items you can still add to your cart, so the
notice is not completely true.
On April 1, there were 7163 standard parts available. Then on April 8, there
were 3451 standard parts, on the 15th there were 1779, and today after the "closure"
only 12.
-- John
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| | | | | | | | Author: | Llewyn | Posted: | Apr 28, 2022 06:34 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 79 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, macebobo writes:
| On April 1, there were 7163 standard parts available. Then on April 8, there
were 3451 standard parts, on the 15th there were 1779, and today after the "closure"
only 12.
-- John
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That sounds odd. I have a basket - still there but presumably unable to check
out - for an order I was putting together in the couple of days before they closed
Standard purchases. I was still seeing ~12k items available and in stock on PAB
at that point, probably around the 18th/19th April. This is UK, but shouldn't
be any different for Standard orders.
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| | | | Author: | TheCuteGiraffe | Posted: | Apr 28, 2022 05:09 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 69 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Yeah it has changed. I guess though you can use BL or maybe Ebay. You can buy
heaps of elements in bulk there.
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| | | | Author: | Macaronis | Posted: | Apr 28, 2022 11:33 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 80 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, macebobo writes:
| Rant incoming...
Pick a brick has become a joke since the change. Only 1227 items of 12582 in
stock, that is less than 10% of the items in stock. It had only been getting
worse since it was changed over.
It has been my experience that if you order both bestsellers and standard parts,
you will only get VIP applied properly (when they ship) on bestsellers and I've
had to call to get my points on standard parts when they arrive at my home, they
do not get applied when shipped like bestsellers.
...end of rant. Thanks for listening.
-- John
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At this point for me I'm willing to yield a little to these issues only because
my Wanted list is tough to fill on BL and would have to sell many Souls vs I
can get about 7/8 of my wanted list through PaB for almost half the price. Even
some of the wheel sets large wise are far better priced than the markup on BL.
At least for some of the Newer stuff. Clearly BL has the market for more rare
out of mold stuff but between the two I like my options better now having the
new system on line. Even if we are currently handcuffed.
W
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| | | | Author: | Upstate_Brickz | Posted: | May 18, 2022 21:01 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 160 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, macebobo writes:
| Rant incoming...
Pick a brick has become a joke since the change. Only 1227 items of 12582 in
stock, that is less than 10% of the items in stock. It had only been getting
worse since it was changed over.
It has been my experience that if you order both bestsellers and standard parts,
you will only get VIP applied properly (when they ship) on bestsellers and I've
had to call to get my points on standard parts when they arrive at my home, they
do not get applied when shipped like bestsellers.
...end of rant. Thanks for listening.
-- John
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I just talked to two different customer service people this week and I asked
them both what was up with the pick a brick standard, they told me they are indeed
backed up, even from the holiday season. Orders are taking 5-6 weeks (so really
7-8 ), which they said was unacceptably long so they are "pausing" the standard
parts to catch up. They also mentioned staffing issues. So I dunno, could be
all excuses but seems very possible.
FYI as of yesterday you can't even place a bestselling pick a brick order
in the US over the phone while the standard pieces are on pause.
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| | | | | | Author: | brickerking | Posted: | May 19, 2022 00:11 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 111 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| The reason regular parts are down is because of the current freebie promotion
(two sets for orders over $200 CAD). Parts orders now qualify for those promotional
freebies. The timing was just right for regular parts to go down before the promotion
started. I won't be surprised when regular parts go back online once the
promotion is over. Also, just about the same time as they "catch up".
In LEGO, Upstate_Brickz writes:
| I just talked to two different customer service people this week and I asked
them both what was up with the pick a brick standard, they told me they are indeed
backed up, even from the holiday season. Orders are taking 5-6 weeks (so really
7-8 ), which they said was unacceptably long so they are "pausing" the standard
parts to catch up. They also mentioned staffing issues. So I dunno, could be
all excuses but seems very possible.
FYI as of yesterday you can't even place a bestselling pick a brick order
in the US over the phone while the standard pieces are on pause.
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| | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | May 19, 2022 03:48 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 105 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, gogogovro writes:
| The reason regular parts are down is because of the current freebie promotion
(two sets for orders over $200 CAD). Parts orders now qualify for those promotional
freebies. The timing was just right for regular parts to go down before the promotion
started. I won't be surprised when regular parts go back online once the
promotion is over. Also, just about the same time as they "catch up".
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Delays in sending orders were already up to six weeks when they turned it off
three weeks ago. If they were just turning this section off to stop people using
it with the current promotion, I doubt they would have done it three weeks in
advance.
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| | | | | | | | Author: | Llewyn | Posted: | May 19, 2022 05:43 | Subject: | Re: Pick a Brick is now a joke. | Viewed: | 157 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, gogogovro writes:
| The reason regular parts are down is because of the current freebie promotion
(two sets for orders over $200 CAD). Parts orders now qualify for those promotional
freebies. The timing was just right for regular parts to go down before the promotion
started. I won't be surprised when regular parts go back online once the
promotion is over. Also, just about the same time as they "catch up".
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The 6 week backlog has been there since at least November - I've had at least
half a dozen BnP/PAB Standard orders since then which have all taken that long
to ship. If it's a conspiracy, as you seem to think, they've really put
some effort into it.
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