Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Slow boat from China

Finally, after several chasing e-mails, and almost 2 months after placing my first order and making a deposit payment for it I have received word from China that my first shipment should be sailing from Ningbo on the 20th of June.

Having had a quick look at the shipping timetables to get an idea of shipping time it looks as though it should arrive in the UK after approximately 28 days - the items then have to be cleared through customs and transported to the warehouse in the UK. I reckon therefore that I should have the stock sometime in August - certainly in plenty of time for my target date of 1st October - if I get confirmation of the shipping and expected arrival date then I may have to consider pulling forward the opening date, after all there's no point in having the stock sitting around. However as previously stated I will only do this if I am happy that we are in a position to satisfactorily fulfill orders with the type of customer service we want to be proud of.

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