I have been building furniture for 9 years in peoples homes andhave seen this problem a lot, especially earlier this year in May and June. I think many suppliers were caught on the hop and didn't expect the rise in orders. I had lots of customers cancelling my work because a delivery had not arrived. Anyhow I decided to do something about it - give the customer what they want at my website [unauthorised website removed], so far it is going well, basically I deliver it within 3 weeks, I install it and any problems I am there to deal with in your home face to face. No shirking from me!