How long was your car in Body shop, Body work and Paint Options

[scrz914]

I'm wondering if it's fairly common for a Body shop to take several months to do body work and paint on one car. I know we car owners get excited about finally realizing our dream of having our cars massaged back to shape and then painted our favorite car color. So it's easy to get antsy. But my 2 week bare metal strip, body work, and paint job is now over 4 months. I've found that after an initial burst of energy and progress, my car had been pushed to the back of the shop where it became a storage device for car parts from other jobs. Only after some bitching and moaning did some work resume. I know that insurance jobs tend to bring in big money for these shops and can understand that these can become a priority, but everytime I check status there's another 2,3 cars that need to be done before mine. The price quoted was under 3k which I felt was pretty good and the body work so far is good. Some parts have been damaged while there.
So I'm wondering what others have experienced and if over 4 months isn't that uncommon. Let me see your responses.