I think there needs to be some clearer communication with regards to hardware availability.
In March I order a RB 5009 with estimated delivery mid April that got pushed to end of June and then to unknown. After an inquiry a while ago to the retailer they have no clue about when they will be receiving hardware at all and while I can work with basically anything from delivery within a month , 3 months 1 year, a sincere we have no clue when we will get the components to make the hardware or anything else. getting no information at all apart from a post stating that hardware is being manufactured and delivered in a "normal" way which is obviously not quite in accordance with reality.
If there would be a high likelihood that the hardware would be delivered this year I could wait for it, but if it were further out I would have to sort out some different solution for the time being, but with no information at all it's not possible to plan ahead at all.
Best regards Terje