I would not over-interpret this
Smart advice. A lot of the fun of rumors sites is to see how other people read the tea leaves. But really, only Canon knows what may be causing shortages of camera bodies or lenses. Recently, there has been a lot of speculation here that the earthquake and tsunami may be affecting supplies. But, while that sounds logical to those of us outside of the company, we really don't have any accurate information to even support that.
In fact, I've found that just because Adorama or B&H state on their website that a product is not in stock, that isn't always the case. I've ordered products from Adorama before when they have said they are temporarily out of stock only to have it shipped within a day or two. I suspect, but don't know, that some of the big retailers say a product is out of stock once their inventory falls below a certain point.
I'm guessing they track their sales pretty closely and rather than risk disappointing customers by not being able to deliver a product that's been ordered, they put up the warning when stock falls below a certain minimum. Also, they probably get shipments every day from distributors and might not know just how many of an ordered item will actually arrive on a given day.
This is just my speculation and not any more valid than anyone else's. But, just a caution not to read too much into these things.
On an unrelated but positive side note, it looks to me from CanonPriceWatch.com that prices for the 7D are starting to fall back to pre-rebate levels for the second- and third-tier sellers. (Of course NOBODY has the body in stock anyway). I'm guessing (this is a rumors site) that Adorama and B&H prices will also fall back to their previous levels once shipments start coming in and they need to compete with the other sites.
