Based on the great reviews for Land's End bedding in the book and in these forums, I ordered some crib sheets (in crystal blue color) from them a few weeks ago. The item is backordered to November 28. Okay, I thought, the baby isn't due until December 7 anyway.

Then last week I noticed in "overstocks" that crib bumpers were on sale for $36. I ordered a bumper pad (as well as the Do It All Diaper Bag). I received a phone call today saying that the bumper pad was out of stock and there was no further information about future availability. Also, my shipping charges for the diaper bag had *not* been decreased to reflect the absence of the bumper pad. So I'll get free shipping on a future order (assuming it doesn't get messed up!), but for now I'm sheetless and bumperless and frustrated that after all that research I have to start over.

Is Land's End usually this flaky, or is these two experiences just a coincidence?