I don't know. I'm just not feeling anything negative about it, but I knew going in there was a wait. Maybe that's it's though. I knew there was a wait and ordered before I was in a position of need so I have no stress. Or maybe it's because I know most nice custom cages take awhile..... Good things come to those that wait?
The AP quality is certainly worth the wait in my opinion. Sure you could order elsewhere and maybe get them quicker.... But will they be better.... Or even as good. Probably not.
As for communication. I don't need much of that. When they ship they'll let me know and that's all that matters to me. No word simply means I'm still waiting. I don't need them wasting time telling me and everybody else that we're still waiting. I have that figured out.