I've been following this story and I have a theory. When we see something we love and can buy it right then and there, we pay the asking price. When we have to wait for something, sometimes the love can wear off and we don't want it so badly anymore, or use the money for something else.
I think that's what happened here. The one who ordered it would have bought it if it had been already made.... like the mail man did.
This is what I tell people about the things I make..... Sorry, no custom orders.
Contracts would cause me great stress.... I'm too old for that. :D