Re: [Amc-list] Honest Charly's Speed Shop

[Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So would RockAuto be considered a drop-shipper?  Their webpage states that 
they don't actually stock any parts, and that they outsource their packing 
and shipping.  It's certainly rare to have problems with them.  

Todd

On Thursday 09 October 2008 00:14, Tom Jennings wrote:
> I HATE! drop-shippers! Sure, plenty of real, genuine business,
> especially small ones, can't stock everything. That's fine -- if they
> state that. But there's businesses that are just fronts (legal) and do
> the middle man thing.
>
> It works OK when nothing goes wrong, but in my experience, when s**t
> happens they're ultimately not resposible, because they genuinely don't
> ahve control over the product or it's shipping.
>
> If they can't control ship costs, then they can easily say THAT!
>
> "Items in stock ship like so, drop-ship items are shipped from City, ST
> and charged by the manufacturer" or whatever.
>
>
> Just got a new welder from one of these outfits at work. Luckily it
> worked out, though there was a huge delay in shipping, and they could
> not account for it, and wouldn't tellme what was going on. I had to
> really pry to get out that they were drop-shippers.
>
> I guess you gotta ask explicitly these days...
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