DX order is 7 days overdue. cause for alarm?

[Dave Thacker]

I received a shipment notification from DX on Jan 23rd.   I thought I'd see the merchandise by 2/15. This is my first order with them, what's a reasonable expectation?  Cheers!

Dave

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[Kevin Fusselman]

I've found that it's best to forgo expectations when ordering from DX.  Ben probably has a more detailed analysis, but I think anything less than a month is pretty timely for them, all things considered. (and sometimes you''ll be surprised, when your package is the last one into the container before it ships, and you unexpectedly receive it in 5 days.)

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[Steve Sanders]

I heard there's major problems with shipping backing up at the port in LA due to some kind of labor / management dispute.  Some are saying it's kind of a strike where the workers show up but work as slow as they can get away with, while others are saying that management deliberately cut everybody's hours (from 24/7/361 to M-F 8-5) and removed a bunch of the resources they need to move the containers from the ships to the trucks.  Whatever's actually going on I bet it's going to take awhile to sort it all out.

[Oran Belgrave]

In my experience I have never received an on time order from dx, some taking over 3 months and some never arriving at all. On the other hand, my brother has never had a problem with them and get his orders incredibly fast. So I really have no idea what goes on at dx. Just my experiences with them:)

[Dan Linder]

Does DX have an European distribution center?  If so, that could account for a quick delivery to some but not to others.

Dan

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[Ben Hutcheson]

The only thing I can say about DX timeliness is that I've never paid for something and failed to receive it eventually.  Beyond that, all bets are off - half the fun in buying random weird stuff from them is that by the time it arrives, I've forgotten all about it and it's like a gift from past-me.

[Oran Belgrave]

Exactly. 

[peter storonskij]

I have ordered from them a few times and they take awhile most of the parts got to me a month or up to 6 weeks from the time I order it on rare occasions it gets here 2 moths later. if you want it faster you have to pay for expedited shipping

peter. 

[peter storonskij]

they stated that it takes them 7 to 14 days of processing before they ship

and they also have a us warehouse but you have to order from them 

[Dave Thacker]

Of course I got home from the meeting last night and had a registered mail pick up slip from the Post Office.  Yep, it was the DX order.  The postmarks on the package are from the Netherlands. 

Dave