Originally Posted by xB_Nutt
Update: just got off the phone with the nice customer service girl who informed me that my order shipped via US mail on July 5th. So I ordered online on the 1st and it shipped the 5th. Not bad considering the holiday. She also told me that the order confirmation email is automated and does not always work...so maybe if I'm lucky my package will be waiting for me when I get home this afternoon. Canton, OH is not that far from Lexington, KY...
Sounds about right. Nashbar generally ships by USPS for the ground shipping option. This is definitely the slow option and even worse is you don't get package tracking. $3 for 2-day upgrade is a significant improvement for the small increasd cost.
My extensive experience with either nashbar or performance is that products that are in stock ship within one business day. It is certainly not in either of these companies interest to sit on your order. A mail order company success is largely determined by how quickly it can get the order to you (at least get it out the door).