It doesn’t work like that. Framework I’m sure has a lot of other things there are working on. Which Nrp mentioned in his response. Only so much time and resources to go around. If direct Framework staff reading every random thing here, bad use of time imo. You’ll notice many of the Community Moderators are volunteers / not Framework staff. And also, good will with your contacts at suppliers is a also limited resource. Don’t want to annoy them too much about lower priority projects.
It’s understandable that people are impatient with the time it’s taking, but random posts just to attempt to cause pressure doesn’t help. For anyone truly willing to wait, as you mentioned, Josh did offer refunds.
For anyone who hasn’t seen it, do take a look at this potential option which community members are experimenting with: OcuLink eGPU works with the Dual M.2 expansion bay module - #32 by TheLPeink. Do consider though, due to the winding path and added connections the signals need to run through, cable length might be more limited, or reliability when paired with iffy eGPU enclosures might not be as good. So this would not truly replace a dedicated board, I imagine that would still be the best option in the end