No its not normal, and the CCP virus is no excuse. He should have told you up front. Same thing happened to me buying my first high end turntable many years ago. Dealer sold me a Graham arm then didn't ship it. Eventually found out he never had it to begin with. Now 30 years later I know enough to ask, because that is not the kind of thing many dealers keep in stock. But you quite frankly, not a knock just frank reality, none of yours is in that category. The guy should have had most if not all in stock.
Live and learn. Never pay without at least some sort of expected delivery date. Which if they don't volunteer that in itself is a red flag. Then take the big picture, and don't let it get you too upset, but instead just resolve to never make the same mistake again. Which of course means never ever doing business with the same guy again.
How you handle this, whether you let him know or not, is up to you. But if it was me I wouldn't be pussy footing around trying to protect the identity of a guy who took my money and now is taking his sweet time. I would have plastered his name and company all over the web.
Live and learn. Never pay without at least some sort of expected delivery date. Which if they don't volunteer that in itself is a red flag. Then take the big picture, and don't let it get you too upset, but instead just resolve to never make the same mistake again. Which of course means never ever doing business with the same guy again.
How you handle this, whether you let him know or not, is up to you. But if it was me I wouldn't be pussy footing around trying to protect the identity of a guy who took my money and now is taking his sweet time. I would have plastered his name and company all over the web.