BFL was 6 months late, not 1 year, unless the calendar has changed in the past 2000 years or so? November - April = 6 months, not 12 months.
True, but the total wait for BFL customers was well over a year for many. I ordered my 30GH/s little single on 6/24/2012 and it was finally shipped to me on 7/9/2013. Needless to say, I have not even made 50% of my BTC back at this point. Now I mine little over 1 (bit)cent per day so I have accepted my losses. At this point my HF BJ is expected to do even worse. Needless to say, I'm done with pre-orders.
Quite understandable. Fortunately, I don't think any vendor has yet forced anyone to pre-order their equipment, so you're good to go.