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Originally Posted by Kingbaby
You guys don't even know what a troll is! My avatar sig is a joke for AK. I'm an ethusiast just like the rest of you. All my post have been towards a car discussion rather than word games to get my post count up!
I'm just sayin that vendors should have some type of guidelines! They shouldn't be able to over promise items to customers, knowing well there 3-4 months out from filling orders!
think about it!
Vendors can make a killing off pre-orders/hopes & dreams
I've been there and done that. It can be easily prevented if a vendor is policed on what's in stock. True, a customer is an adult who can call and ensure that items are in stock. That low level of trust shouldn't be a factor when buying car parts. |
Oh its nothing personal, so don't worry.
In terms of 'policing' vendors and keeping track of what all they have 'in stock' vs what they order for you... How do you propose we as a forum do that? Do you mean someone needs to physically go through their warehouse's on a weekly basis and log every wheel set/intake/cbe/etc they have and update a thread instead of bumping order threads?
Usually vendors only keep 2-3 of high volume items in stock because they
know those will be good sellers. But anything you want that's custom made, or things made outside the country you
HAVE to accept as a customer there might be a wait. And it might be an extensive wait depending on just how customized your item is. Especially with wheels, as Bullitt said in that disaster of a Venaci wheel thread, wheel manufacturers only make so many of a given wheel in a given size in a given offset at a time. Then those have to wait until a whole container is full. Then those still have to wait until a whole ship is full. And then that ship has to make it from Port A to Port B. Then unload and get all the containers to customs... And Customs sometimes goes by smoothly, but then again sometimes [Insert: Usually] takes forever...
I understand not getting the best communication from a vendor, but sometimes the problem is not with the vendor at all, they cannot help it if the manufacturer isn't giving them 100% of the details on every single order they submit. 95% of the vendors on this forum I've seen have been very helpful to their customers, and the threads reflect that. There's a reason you don't see certain vendors having negative threads made. If there is a legit gripe with a vendor, honestly you won't even see a thread about it because the issue will be resolved respectfully through the vendor and the member via PM or telephone or in person. 10 times out of 11 the threads you see are from people who just get butthurt cause their super custom item didn't get here in 5 minutes like they wanted it to because they don't accept the fact that to be special, you gotta wait.