UK - I bought a small amount of silver the other day from a mainstream uk seller. All stock was showing out of stock apart from a few very large special bundles. My purch was not out of stock. However i just received a notice: 'We wanted to thank you for your patience whilst you await your order to be despatched. All orders received are important to us and we are working hard to fulfill every order as quickly as we can. Due to the sudden huge increase in orders being shared across the industry the delivery of bullion has seen a loss of pace. With the Mints working on allocation due to overwhelming demand, transport networks under immense pressure, and our own working methods being put to the test we have to ask for you to bear with us. Please be assured we only sell items that are covered by our suppliers, our task is ensuring the physical product reaches us as quickly as possible and we increase our output capacity to send these out to you, all at a time when we are working within a Covid secure dispatch environment and navigating through staff isolation periods. You will receive an email as your parcel leaves us to confirm this is on its way to you, so please don’t worry we are dealing with your order. Thank you as always and your parcel will be despatched soon.'