In reply to Post #358
I really hope you have said that tongue in cheek because if you haven't then can I please have some of that funky stuff you're smoking.
That makes absolutely no business sense at.
I really hope you have said that tongue in cheek because if you haven't then can I please have some of that funky stuff you're smoking.
That makes absolutely no business sense at.
In reply to Post #361
The bivvies are already paid for via pre-order and the manufacturer has the money in the bank. Container of said bivvies are then manufactured and ready to ship. In the time between the manufacturer calculating their margins and selling price and the product being ready to ship the cost to ship rockets due to covid/Brexit/whatever.
Do you think that the manufacturer (bearing in mind that they already have the money from the customer pre order) will take the hit on their margin and ship at the higher rate? Or delay the shipping in the hope that the costs drop and they can retain their margins?
What doesn't make sense there?
The bivvies are already paid for via pre-order and the manufacturer has the money in the bank. Container of said bivvies are then manufactured and ready to ship. In the time between the manufacturer calculating their margins and selling price and the product being ready to ship the cost to ship rockets due to covid/Brexit/whatever.
Do you think that the manufacturer (bearing in mind that they already have the money from the customer pre order) will take the hit on their margin and ship at the higher rate? Or delay the shipping in the hope that the costs drop and they can retain their margins?
What doesn't make sense there?
In reply to Post #362
I wouldn't count out the effect of Covid regulations in China impacting their ability to manufacture. The large manufacturing areas were under house arrest for months.
I wouldn't count out the effect of Covid regulations in China impacting their ability to manufacture. The large manufacturing areas were under house arrest for months.
In reply to Post #362
The manufacturer wont have had any money at all for pre-orders. They let the retailers know how many will be allocated to them and then the retailer decides whether to do a pre-order or not, they wont pay Nash until they take delivery so the pre-order money is sat with the retailer.
Delaying a product due to shipping costs is not going to be cost-effective for any company. Something isn't quite stacking up though as the delay was evidently due to them being sat in a container at a port somewhere....and as you said, it doesn't take another 3 to 4 months to solve that!
The manufacturer wont have had any money at all for pre-orders. They let the retailers know how many will be allocated to them and then the retailer decides whether to do a pre-order or not, they wont pay Nash until they take delivery so the pre-order money is sat with the retailer.
Delaying a product due to shipping costs is not going to be cost-effective for any company. Something isn't quite stacking up though as the delay was evidently due to them being sat in a container at a port somewhere....and as you said, it doesn't take another 3 to 4 months to solve that!
In reply to Post #356
Under normal circumstances I would have been on the phone this morning asking for my money back, which i am sure the retailer would have done without question. However, I pre-ordered mine on Black Friday so got 20% off.......I will still want one when they do actually arrive so i either sit it out or get my refund then pay full whack....
Under normal circumstances I would have been on the phone this morning asking for my money back, which i am sure the retailer would have done without question. However, I pre-ordered mine on Black Friday so got 20% off.......I will still want one when they do actually arrive so i either sit it out or get my refund then pay full whack....
In reply to Post #362
As has already been said. The retailer has taken money, not the manufacturer. It is not in the manufacturers interests to hold off on delivery to the retailer. They want them out there so that they get their money from the retailer, and to stop the consumers from bleating on
As has already been said. The retailer has taken money, not the manufacturer. It is not in the manufacturers interests to hold off on delivery to the retailer. They want them out there so that they get their money from the retailer, and to stop the consumers from bleating on
In reply to Post #366
Has anyone on here had a Fox frontier bivvy from TFT as of yet ? I had an email last week saying that mine should be with me this month but after reading this forum I'm not so sure
Has anyone on here had a Fox frontier bivvy from TFT as of yet ? I had an email last week saying that mine should be with me this month but after reading this forum I'm not so sure
In reply to Post #366
Trust me the shops want the customers to have their items too,they are getting just as frustrated with the situation
Trust me the shops want the customers to have their items too,they are getting just as frustrated with the situation
In reply to Post #368
The delay is at the ports because they have to disinfect everything coming in from China and can't get enough disinfectant to keep up with it. Add in the fact the bivvy manufacturers don't want them disinfected as it will remove what little waterproofing they have and they will all be different colours depending on the amount of disinfectant used. Still at least the container ship rats are getting fat while all this is going on.
The delay is at the ports because they have to disinfect everything coming in from China and can't get enough disinfectant to keep up with it. Add in the fact the bivvy manufacturers don't want them disinfected as it will remove what little waterproofing they have and they will all be different colours depending on the amount of disinfectant used. Still at least the container ship rats are getting fat while all this is going on.
In reply to Post #369
Every item in every container is being disinfected?
Really?
Edit:
They seem to be in stock in the EU.
Every item in every container is being disinfected?
Really?
Edit:
They seem to be in stock in the EU.
In reply to Post #369
According to the scientists in China and Korea one of the most effective killers of the virus is a weak chlorine solution and surely that's not in short supply
According to the scientists in China and Korea one of the most effective killers of the virus is a weak chlorine solution and surely that's not in short supply
In reply to Post #371
So best open the swimming pools so we can all go for a dip.
So best open the swimming pools so we can all go for a dip.
In reply to Post #369
What a load of rubbish, ports are not opening containers and disinfecting the contents, That would result in massive damage claim's. I cant believe people believe this cobblers.
What a load of rubbish, ports are not opening containers and disinfecting the contents, That would result in massive damage claim's. I cant believe people believe this cobblers.
In reply to Post #372
Well there's something in that, when China locked down Wuhan they sprayed the streets with chlorine solution
Well there's something in that, when China locked down Wuhan they sprayed the streets with chlorine solution
In reply to Post #373
The containers where I work are coming in with different paperwork showing they have been checked and made safe
The containers where I work are coming in with different paperwork showing they have been checked and made safe