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Originally Posted by Cory

Maybe they could include a warning that there is potentially extended leadtime, but it would be foolish for FIRST to say "Thanks, but no thanks". Especially to a company that has been a sponsor for something like 15 years in Bimba.

This would be a good start. I was thinking more along the lines of having PDVs for things which are not guaranteed to ship in a reasonable time-frame be separate entirely and specified as such.

I am not suggesting that FIRST turn down all offers that they're not sure will be shipped in time. But there should be something in place to prevent stuff like this from biting teams who plan around PDV parts. There was basically no indication anywhere that BIMBA was running behind schedule and that the parts would not arrive in a reasonable time frame. That should not happen.