I read this in the business section of our paper this morning and thought I would post it in hopes it would explain for the delays that companies (i.e., Titleist, FJ) are experiencing during the pandemic. I called customer service yesterday regarding a tour bag that I should have received this week and it will not be shipped until April 8th and I simply said; "no worries, I understand, thank you."
"Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, businesses stymied, By Joyce Rosenberg Associated Press
Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, businesses stymied.
Container ships are seen docked in the Port of Los Angeles, which has been hit hard by a cargo bottleneck brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. File/AP
NEW YORK — A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. businesses anxiously awaiting goods from Asia — while off the coast of California, dozens of container ships sit anchored, unable to unload their cargo.
The pandemic has wreaked havoc with the supply chain since early 2020, when it forced the closure of factories throughout China.
The seeds of the current problems were sown last March, when Americans stayed home and dramatically changed their buying habits — instead of clothes, they bought electronics, fitness equipment and home improvement products.
U.S. companies responded by flooding reopened Asian factories with orders, leading to a chain reaction of congestion and snags at ports and freight hubs across the country as the goods began arriving.
Main Street businesses, especially those that import goods through the West Coast, are now forced to wait months instead of the usual weeks for a delivery from China, and no one knows when the situation will be resolved. Owners do a lot of explaining to customers, order more inventory than usual and lower their expectations for when their shipments will arrive."
In reading further, the AP reporter stated that normal thirty day deliveries from overseas were exceeding that time by two months plus. We need to show some empathy. Hope you will be more understanding after reading this article. Titleist and FJ can only ship what they can get and once it gets to the ports, when it gets unloaded that is another story. Kudos to our folks for getting it to us as soon as they receive it.