Don't blame any supplier right now. I work in Supply Chain/Purchasing. Things are bad right now all over the world.
- Can't get chrome plating done because the process has to be completely shut down for every Covid positive test.
- Can't get machined metals because they can't get the raw stock.
- My Stainless Steel supplier stopped taking any orders for 2021 and our current orders (from Jan-Mar) are pushed to 2022.
- Malaysia is on a 60% personnel limit due to Covid.
- UPS & FedEx are AVERAGING 8 days for international over night. I've had "overnight" shipments take 14+ days. Heck, they even stopped publishing their tracking while in route and just tell you when it's been shipped and when it is delivered.
- Lumber prices are through the roof because labor shortages in both logging and the lumber plants.
- Japan had 2 fires at 2 major computer chip factories, stopping their production entirely.
- US auto makers laid off 27,000 people due to the chip shortages.
- There are 6,000+ travel trailers sitting in Elkhart Indiana waiting for single parts to be completed.
- And Chick-Fil-A will only give you 1 sauce for their nuggets.
The Chic-fil-A one sauce deal is what really grinds my gears. LOL