I have been in their old shop, in fact I sold him one of my machines. They were a small operation with lots of work. I can see not catching a call for a day or so....If my name is on the line, I want to watch the line. It's easy to quote delivery times and easy to stick to them when everything goes well. ....add a bad batch of steel or a machine going down and suddenly the world is a different place. I'm not defending misquoted lead times, but if you do much barrel shopping you will learn that none of the makers hit the mark very often on lead times.
Good product, quick delivery or cheap......Pick one.