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3-6 months is not that bad. Especially if it means you can guarantee that you get genuine parts. Most real projects can easily handle this lead time for production.

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6 months would be tolerated for a hard to get specialist part - a particular connector that's made in smaller batches twice a year, perhaps.

But for a normal part? It's lousy.

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