Please do not hide behind ETAs being provided by the manufacturers
Let me first say, I have nothing against ShopBLT and given that they have A+ BBB score, I am sure it is a good business. Here is what my problem is: I placed several orders 3 months ago. Motherboard order was placed on 2/23 with an ETA of 3/7, CPU on 2/28 with an ETA of 3/23, power supply on 3/4 with an ETA of 3/15. Every single one of these items were pushed out on a weekly basis until I recently found them elsewhere and cancelled all my orders with ShopBLT. I am a computer engineer and I buy a lot of parts for personal and professional use. I am perfectly aware of the component shortages this year and I truly believe we all need to be patient with the suppliers. However, there is no excuse for ShopBLT not pushing to get more realistic ETAs from manufacturers and suppliers. For my 3 orders alone, I have 46 emails in my Inbox saying the ETA is being pushed out. Did anyone from ShopBLT care to speak to the suppliers and manufacturers letting them know this is unacceptable from their perspective as well as for their customers? During these shortages, I ordered a lot of parts from Amazon that they didn't have in stock at the time of ordering. However, if Amazon said it is in stock in 3 weeks, I either received the shipping confirmation exactly in 3 weeks or sooner. So obviously there is a better way to get estimates from suppliers out there if ShopBLT is willing to discover. Long story short, after waiting nearly 3 months for ShopBLT to deliver, I gave up on them and started looking at major retailers myself. Within two weeks, I was able to order the same 3 items at MSRP. None of them were impossible to find items (I know GPUs are much harder to find). Based on my experience, I would say there is absolutely no reason to order with ShopBLT. I assure you that you will find what you need sooner than they do if you spend some time browsing and signing up to notification services. Best of luck with your part search.