Case Knives

I have recently discovered that Case Knives are more popular sellers in the southern states of our country then any where else. I had troubles shipping a Case120 knife. My distributor is on the west coast and could not ship till 12/31/10. When I saw this on-line I thought it was a misprint, but to my dismay this was the earliest they could ship it. Obviously this will not work. Fortunately I was able to find another website that had 44 in stock and could ship it to my buyer immediately. (same day). This is not the way I would like to do business selling knives from my website but at least I will satisfy my buyer. Has anyone else experienced this difficulty with their supplier?