Come on you guys. I live in Alaska and I still don't have my catalogue yet.
We get accustom to getting things after the rest of America.
Charles Shaw
75 TR6 CF39093UO
In storage awaiting spring
At 06:32 PM 2/11/2002 -0500, Kai M. Radicke wrote:
> > 2. If you are like me, you didn't get the publication dated 22-Jan
> > -2002 until this weekend past - close to two weeks after the start
> > date of the sale. This has the effect of giving others that live closer
> > to TRF (in the US postal sense) an advantage. THis is especially
> > true on certain items that have a low unit count on the shelf.
>
>Well not entirely correct. TRF didn't get the catalogues into the mail
>until February 1st to begin with, a week late. And living 5 hours from TRF,
>I only recieved my catalogue this Saturday as well.
>
>Often times, I wonder if why TRF isn't willing to purchase from another
>supplier to get an item in to fill an order. Would ordering from Moss on
>small part really hurt them that much? Moss has reasonable wholesale
>prices, and TRF certainly has the buying power to still make a profit when
>buying at Moss wholesale prices. I would find it my best interest, if I
>were TRF, to purchase a small number of parts from Moss to fulfill current
>backorders... Of course there are benefits for TRF also, a decrease in their
>open orders, increased cashflow (since they can finally charge you for that
>part), get rid of some paperwork, keep a customer happy.
>
>I personally don't ever accept a back order, I know that if I make enough
>phone calls I can find the part in a few days... often times cheaper in the
>UK, but with the international shipping the price evens out.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Kai
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