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Bob McBride
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Soarcj, you’re giving us too few words and punctuation marks. I am intrigued but don’t understand. I think what you’re saying is, “Fear not, though the mail is slow, you will eventually get what you ordered, as I eventually did when I ordered a bag from Dixie back in November”....
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I have a rifle finished except for sights. Ordered those from Dixie om Jan 17th. Will I need to wait for 2 !/2 months? That is nuts. I could ride my bicycle to Union City and back to save time. Polecat
I'm still waiting for a ramrod tip from Backorder of the Wolf. Coming up on two
months now. I had some Lee mould handles on the same order which only took 4-5 weeks to get to me. The items they actually had in stock were shipped in a day or two. I doubt it is actually their fault as they can't get the products. Actual shipping time for the mold handles was only a few days, quite reasonable. I have an item on order from the Netherlands that have been in transit for two months and no idea when it will get here.
months now. I had some Lee mould handles on the same order which only took 4-5 weeks to get to me. The items they actually had in stock were shipped in a day or two. I doubt it is actually their fault as they can't get the products. Actual shipping time for the mold handles was only a few days, quite reasonable. I have an item on order from the Netherlands that have been in transit for two months and no idea when it will get here.
I ordered a Dovetail cutting jig and Dixie Browning Solution from them. A little over a week later I noticed that my checkbook balance was higher by the same amount my order from Dixie was. They canceled my order without notifying me. Not a word from them! So I ordered Dangler's browning solution and the same dovetail cutting from The Log Cabin Shop and my order was shipped the next day! Dixie website says they are running 3-4 weeks behind and at first I showed understand but now am questioning that. Their prices on locks are about $30.00 higher than (Chambers, L&R) from TOTW, Pecatonica or MBS. Their GM barrels a $20.00 higher than the vendors I listed. I'm wondering how they are staying in business. The dovetail cutting jig that I had ordered from them was $5.00 cheaper at The Log Cabin Shop.
Hmmmmmmmm. . .
Hmmmmmmmm. . .
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It took a month for me to get my caps, but no where else had them when I ordered, unless I wanted 2500. I still haven’t got my tap a cap stuff from 22 re-loader.
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Ordered some flints from them last month (1/25) when TOW was out. Still haven't shipped, Ordered more from TOW on 2/11 when they were back in stock and they show arriving Monday 2/22.
Can you get my front sight while you're there pls?
War club maker , friend , sent out a war club , priority mail , It took six weeks to be delivered. Thank the chinese for the delays.
IDK we have had poor P.O. service for along time now and its getting worse. ANYTHING routed through TX add a month +/-
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Very few of the excuses I'm hearing from various online retailers hold water, IMHO. Why does it take 30 days to put something in a box and ship it? And I'm not taking about delays by various shipping carriers which is a separate issue. I'm talking about claiming an item is in stock, but taking a month or more to put it in a box and ship it. And often they have your hard earned $$$ to hold hostage since you've already paid for an item you won't get for some time.
If you have so much business that it's overwhelming your operation, then you should have all that extra sales revenue swelling your bank account and you can afford to hire temp workers to process the extra orders.
If you have sick workers out then you hire temp workers to fill in until they are better. Or pay other workers overtime if possible. It's your responsibility as a business owner to ship in stock items in a timely manner.
If you can't get products in stock then list them as OOS and stop taking orders for them. But I suspect many online retailers don't want to miss the orders and are accepting them anyway and blaming the delay on COVID. Yeah, COVID has decimated the overseas producers of many guns and supplies, but be honest and stop taking orders for items you don't have yet. Or at least be open about your expected in stock date. Most online retailers are doing this and getting it right and it shows respect for the customer.
COVID hit my place of business and we are still open and operating at full speed. No delays. Some products we can't get from our distributors but we carry on with what we have in stock. No need to take a customer's money for months or more and promise we will eventually ship it to you some day UNLESS you are honest about it and the customer is willing to wait.
So, if Dixie or any other online retailer is saying we physically have the item on hand, but it will take us 30+ days to put it in a box and ship it, well, that's pretty bad business practices and has nothing to do with COVID.
And cancelling an order without notifying the customer is just plain bad business. I understand everyone is hit hard by the pandemic, but sometimes I feel some business are taking advantage of the situation.
If you have so much business that it's overwhelming your operation, then you should have all that extra sales revenue swelling your bank account and you can afford to hire temp workers to process the extra orders.
If you have sick workers out then you hire temp workers to fill in until they are better. Or pay other workers overtime if possible. It's your responsibility as a business owner to ship in stock items in a timely manner.
If you can't get products in stock then list them as OOS and stop taking orders for them. But I suspect many online retailers don't want to miss the orders and are accepting them anyway and blaming the delay on COVID. Yeah, COVID has decimated the overseas producers of many guns and supplies, but be honest and stop taking orders for items you don't have yet. Or at least be open about your expected in stock date. Most online retailers are doing this and getting it right and it shows respect for the customer.
COVID hit my place of business and we are still open and operating at full speed. No delays. Some products we can't get from our distributors but we carry on with what we have in stock. No need to take a customer's money for months or more and promise we will eventually ship it to you some day UNLESS you are honest about it and the customer is willing to wait.
So, if Dixie or any other online retailer is saying we physically have the item on hand, but it will take us 30+ days to put it in a box and ship it, well, that's pretty bad business practices and has nothing to do with COVID.
And cancelling an order without notifying the customer is just plain bad business. I understand everyone is hit hard by the pandemic, but sometimes I feel some business are taking advantage of the situation.
Every business around town has a help wanted sign out front. The exits from the shopping centers have on every corner some one with a cardboard sign homeless kids to feed bla bla bla. Look in every direction all you see is help wanted signs.
Point it out to them what they say I cant put in print. They would have to pass a drug test and show up on time and every day.
Then someone stops and gives them money but if you tell them what they use the money for or point out the help wanted signs they tell me I am cold hearted. Why should they work they aren't stupid.
Sorry about the rant this is a sore subject with me.
Point it out to them what they say I cant put in print. They would have to pass a drug test and show up on time and every day.
Then someone stops and gives them money but if you tell them what they use the money for or point out the help wanted signs they tell me I am cold hearted. Why should they work they aren't stupid.
Sorry about the rant this is a sore subject with me.
JCKelly
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Don H - (the gov't) are paying people extra to stay home and not work.
This is a real problem in Michigan
This is a real problem in Michigan
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