MMr is supposed to be my first nib. Foolishly, I thought the nib process would be easier than the hunt for used games. I was so wrong. The hunt is active... Checking various sites, talking to friends, calculating if a game is worth the game is worth the drive to Detroit. Frustrating at times but active. Contrasting that to just waiting month after month for a company to put a game on their assembly line with only tidbits of news leaking from a forum and the occasional news of another delay from the distro.
Not many other industries that I work with provide this kind of customer service/communication. A bit more transparency would make the delays more palatable.