I hate LHS's that push on you whatever has been selling slow or has been on the shelf too long. Sold to you by a car/truck kid who knows a little less than zip about planes. Those things with wings, right?
Went in tonight for balancing weights. Zip in stock. Asked the kid "Got any in the back room?" Nah. ON order? Oh, maybe they're in the shipment that came in today that nobody bothered to open. DUH!! Yep, there they were. Still had NO 12x5 props in stock OR on order that he knew of.