Does length of time to receive order affect your club purchase decisions?

[Mr. 82]

Using my own examples.  I ordered two new PING i210 wedges (PW and UW) on December 6th with custom specs, and after 3 weeks discovered it wouldn't be until March before the clubs came.  So I cancelled the order.  I then ordered two Vokey wedges that were in stock on closeout just last week that have already arrived and I have already tested them on the course and am really excited to be putting these two clubs into my bag and into play now.  Oh, and a small bonus is that the Vokeys were $12 cheaper than the PING wedges, and came with free shipping and no tax from where I ordered them from.

But I've noticed that companies like PING and Ben Hogan are out of stock on a lot of things, and the turnaround to getting new clubs is 3-4 months now.

Am I the only one that will adjust my club buying decisions based on turnaround time for the order (if I have a choice)?  

Sure, I get it, we're living in unprecedented times and we've made things really hard coming from China, but still.

[RickyBobby_PR]

Nope. If I want a certain club or set I’ll buy them and wait for them.

Anything I’m buying even if blind is because that’s what I decided I wanted for a spot in my bag so I’m not going to change just to have something in that slot.

[dlow206]

You could always do the WRXer thing, buy an "interim" set of clubs while you wait for the clubs that you really want 

[Mr. 82]

44 minutes ago, dlow206 said:

You could always do the WRXer thing, buy an "interim" set of clubs while you wait for the clubs that you really want 

Well ironically, I sold so many clubs last year that I left myself without a backup PW or GW.  My only choice was to use my PING Eye 9 iron and PW that come from the set of irons I used in high school back in the 80's.  

Well, ok, I take that back.  I had a backup, but discovered that the lofts on the PW and GW wouldn't work for the distances I needed, totally screwing me.  And with a HUGE interclub tournament this weekend, and playing a short course, I am going to be wearing out a PW and GW.  The timing of getting these Vokeys was absolutely perfect for me.

[dlow206]

4 minutes ago, Mr. 82 said:

Well ironically, I sold so many clubs last year that I left myself without a backup PW or GW.  My only choice was to use my PING Eye 9 iron and PW that come from the set of irons I used in high school back in the 80's.  

Well, ok, I take that back.  I had a backup, but discovered that the lofts on the PW and GW wouldn't work for the distances I needed, totally screwing me.  And with a HUGE interclub tournament this weekend, and playing a short course, I am going to be wearing out a PW and GW.  The timing of getting these Vokeys was absolutely perfect for me.

But you did cancel the Ping i210 order right? I know folks that would have bought the Vokeys AND kept the Ping i210 order lol.