Brand of the Day: L.L. Bean's Duck Boots Are On Crazy Backorder

You could be on a wait list of 100,000

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If you were looking to nab a new pair of L.L. Bean Duck Boots for yourself or someone else this holiday, well, you've waited too long. You'll have to battle this winter's sloshy, slippery days some other way.

The boots are on backorder with a waitlist of nearly 100,000, according to Yahoo, and even for orders placed now, the boots won't show up until the spring. 

And who else would be to blame for this madness but millennials?

That's right, the generation that's the butt of every joke is also responsible for making it nearly impossible to score a pair of L.L.

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