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It's deja vu for Bean Boot fans.

Certain sizes of the popular L.L. Bean rubber boot are already sold out online. 

Although customers can still place orders for these sizes, they're on backorder until October or November.

Bean Boot loyalists will remember that this same situation happened last year, when L.L. Bean had a backlog of 100,000 boot orders to get through and didn't deliver the goods until summer.

Image: Flickr/Anna Chernichko The reason L.L. Bean can't keep its popular Bean Boot in stock is because they're handmade by 500 craftsmen in Maine.