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« Reply #140 on: December 12, 2007, 07:02:15 AM » |
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It means that the manufacturer ships directly to the case buyer, instead of shipping it to the distributor who then ships to the buyer. The person getting cases saves money by not having to pay twice for shipping.
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« Reply #141 on: December 12, 2007, 09:41:49 AM » |
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JUST BOUGHT AND WATCHED ORDER OF THE PHOENIX ON DVD, CANT WAIT UNTIL THE CASES COME IN, "I LOVE MAGIC"  |
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« Reply #142 on: December 12, 2007, 10:26:42 AM » |
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Tom will deliver to the buyer. Artbox sends the cases to him first.
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« Reply #143 on: December 13, 2007, 01:24:35 AM » |
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I can't wait to receive the product. Beginning to feel as giddy as a school child again  |
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« Reply #145 on: December 13, 2007, 05:40:34 AM » |
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I just received an email from my dealer....
The shipment on this has been delayed to
December 20...and the release date is now
December 31! :'(
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« Reply #147 on: December 13, 2007, 06:32:46 AM » |
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I just received an email from my dealer....
The shipment on this has been delayed to
December 20...and the release date is now
December 31! :'(
well so much for Christmas  |
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« Reply #148 on: December 13, 2007, 06:42:26 AM » |
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Are you kidding me? I thought the item was supposed to be shipping this week? How could they delay it so last minute like that?
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HPfamily
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« Reply #149 on: December 13, 2007, 07:22:11 AM » |
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My email stated... Due to the delay with the shipment arriving...   My guess is that this means the shipment from where these cards are produced now.  |
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« Reply #150 on: December 13, 2007, 07:25:50 AM » |
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I havent even got an email...
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« Reply #151 on: December 13, 2007, 08:09:19 AM » |
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You know, being so close to the holidays, I doun't doubt a delay like that. I believe they come from overseas somewhere and we all know that mail can be slower this time of year. This sucks  |
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« Reply #152 on: December 13, 2007, 08:36:25 AM » |
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I wonder if it will actually be delayed that long? It sucks that it's been delayed (again). *Grumble* :'( |
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« Reply #153 on: December 13, 2007, 08:49:43 AM » |
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The cards are manufactured in Taiwan, so there could be a shipping or manufacturing delay.
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« Reply #154 on: December 14, 2007, 02:09:57 AM » |
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The cards are manufactured in Taiwan, so there could be a shipping or manufacturing delay.
I've never looked to see where they're made but, given that the cards are coming from Taiwan, I guess it makes sense that there could be delays. Kind of frustrating with all the anticipation and my own impatience |
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« Reply #155 on: December 15, 2007, 08:42:57 PM » |
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Tom will deliver to the buyer. Artbox sends the cases to him first.
It can be different from one release to the next. Because of the huge amount of business Tom does with Artbox, he tries to get them to ship cases direct to the buyer so that we can all avoid the costs of multiple shipments. Artbox is not obligated to do so, and they can change their minds any time. But for the last few cases I've bought, Tom was successful in having them shipped directly to me from San Clemente CA (not Taiwan ...), but I also had my orders in fairly early. Previously Artbox has tried to ship on a schedule that cards are in the hands of _distributors_ in time for them to send them to the buyers to arrive near the official release date. If buyers (or distributor-dealers) receive a direct shipment before the release date and choose to start posting cards for sale early, it can annoy Artbox and increase costs for the whole hobby. |
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« Reply #156 on: December 15, 2007, 11:47:11 PM » |
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I placed my order about a month before the December 14 date. My email from Tom mentioned I was closer to the deliver location than her was. I live in Savannah, Georgia so I would be closer to San Clemente, California. My boxes must be coming from Artbox. I hope they decide to ship early. I was planning to give some of them as Christmas gifts. Thanks for the information.
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« Reply #157 on: December 16, 2007, 06:03:50 AM » |
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My email from Tom mentioned I was closer to the deliver location than he was. I live in Savannah, Georgia so I would be closer to San Clemente, California. Then by all justice I should get mine sooner than you do, since I'm 140 miles westward on the Savannah River.  My boxes must be coming from Artbox. I hope they decide to ship early. I was planning to give some of them as Christmas gifts. Thanks for the information. I hope you're having a late Christmas celebration. Artbox' letter to Tom from Wednesday said they would ship on December 20, and official release date is December 31. According to UPS, you should expect your case from San Clemente by the end of the day Friday December 28. Four business days in transit, plus two for the weekend and apparently two for holidays, makes eight. Augusta isn't one of the UPS hubs, so they quote me an extra in-transit day. With holidays, UPS Ground which leaves California on December 20 is projected to reach me on ... January 2. Yikes, a drop-shipment that takes 13 days (with several long snoozes in depots) and doesn't even make the release date. If the package goes as predicted, it will arrive at a warehouse 20 miles away from my house on the 28th, then spend 29th-30th-31st-1st there digesting holiday egg nog. |
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« Reply #158 on: December 17, 2007, 01:34:00 AM » |
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If the package goes as predicted, it will arrive at a warehouse 20 miles away from my house on the 28th, then spend 29th-30th-31st-1st there digesting holiday egg nog. I think this is a job for The Shack rescue team  . Do you remember when we were trying to persuade Anna to raid the warehouse for one of the sets as she lived just down the road . This must be so frustrating for you - at least I know they are still thousands of miles away! But I can't say I am too disappointed. After the delays on every other set I never actually believed they would reach us this year |
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« Reply #159 on: December 17, 2007, 06:52:47 AM » |
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For me it became a moot point when it turned out they wouldn't be arriving in time for base-set Christmas giftees. It's weird dealing with UPS. It's not the first time when a case has arrived at their same-county-as-me warehouse on a Friday, after the last trucks have left the depot with deliveries, and the package was destined to sit over the weekend. This is the first time that two holidays have been added in. If they try to deliver to my residence and can't leave a package, I can go online and tell them I'll pick it up at the depot. But you can't tell them that in advance; they have to make one delivery attempt first. I'll be out of town anyway this time, so all I'll "lose" is a couple of days-off opening packs just because they take Monday the 31st as a holiday. I'll have to settle for watching minor football bowl games and overdoing the egg nog. (Actually, I'll spend a few moments watching everybody else post their breakdowns and checking for case clusters.  ) |
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