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Old 06-14-16 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by shreksur
know they come from Taiwan, but somebody has to put it on a ship and record when that occurred. Or am I wrong?

Just a bit PO'ed right now. I would love to hear from anyone with previous experience who could offer some insight.

Thanks for allowing me to vent!
You are wrong....

In Taiwan, they fill a container with Steamrollers. When that container is full, it is put on the dock. Surly probably knows when it left the factory heading for the dock. The rest they are not going to care about because it is completely out of their control.



When they get enough containers to fill an entire cargo ship, they load them on that ship. Surly has no idea how long getting a ship full of containers might take, shipping aggregators and logistics companies do all this and there are very few if any guarantees on dates unless you are huge enough to fill an entire ship all by yourself.



After that, the ship sails to a US port, maybe LA or Seattle. The ship is unloaded, containers are stacked at port. Some are chosen by customs to be inspected, some are not. Regardless, customs has to rubber stamp a bill of lading for every single container and they do that when they get around to it. Oh, another cup of coffee and a cigarette break are higher priority than inspecting containers.

After that, Surly's container of frames is finally picked up by a trucking company and hauled to their warehouse and checked in.



After that, it may go straight to your shop if they ordered directly or to the wholesaler if your shop got it from Quality or some other distributor. Probably they went with the distributor.

Then the distributor turns around and ships it to your shop.

I predict you'll get it in Aug or Sept.

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