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If they can't guarantee beginning of May then it most likely won't be the beginning of May. I always get pressured by clients for dates for things and am always very careful not to give a guaranteed date if I can't be sure to meet it, and I'm sure it's the same for them.
What if it is the end of May? A friend got a custom bike from Mercian and it ended up taking a year longer than they originally indicated. I know that is different, but at what point would you get nervous?
It's not necessarily a problem, just a potential source of stress. Mike Hall only got his bike from Kinesis a few days before he left for IndyPac (in the promo pictures he hadn't had time to put bar tape on). And Michael Hutchinson said he only got his bike just before his hour record attempt - apparently it often happens.
Agree that you should try to replicate the position as exactly as possible on each bike so that when your new one comes you won't notice the change, and there's no point experimenting with a new saddle if you already have one that works (I have four of the same saddles on different bikes for that reason).