I hate this kind of thing but it seems to impact all smaller producers. Answering emails likely wasn't what they had in mind when they started sewing tents together, welding bike frames, stitching bags, etc.
Well no, it likely wasn't. But then they should just say leadtimes are 12 weeks (or what ever it ended up being, but that seems to ring a bell) rather than saying 3-4 weeks.
That said, there's a DCF Phreeranger on ebay for £700.
I hate this kind of thing but it seems to impact all smaller producers. Answering emails likely wasn't what they had in mind when they started sewing tents together, welding bike frames, stitching bags, etc.