Why is my stuff late? This is a reason...

[tbowles411]

This picture was taken by our store owner in Carlsbad who is visiting the OEMs this week.  In the circle are container ships are out in the Pacific waiting to dock and be offloaded.  So it's still slow in Asia to build anything, THEN there aren't enough workers and truck drivers to offload them and deliver anything like before, so it's very slow.  It's not just golf components obviously, but this is what the OEMs have to stare at everyday.  This is nuts!

[sailfishchris]

Sittin' on the dock of the bay

[cgasucks]

Well Chinese New Year is coming up in a couple of days to the foundries over there will have very little activity for the next 2 weeks.

[rbgndfw]

25 minutes ago, tbowles411 said:

This picture was taken by our store owner in Carlsbad who is visiting the OEMs this week.  In the circle are container ships are out in the Pacific waiting to dock and be offloaded.  So it's still slow in Asia to build anything, THEN there aren't enough workers and truck drivers to offload them and deliver anything like before, so it's very slow.  It's not just golf components obviously, but this is what the OEMs have to stare at everyday.  This is nuts!

That is amazing.  I lived on the coast near Carlsbad for over 20 years and never saw anything like that.

 

[Milfordlefty]

Damn'it, get a row boat and start searching. LOL

[MattyO1984]

Half the world away, we are hearing so many people complaining about their orders taking too long and complaining about the manufacturers...because yeah, the manufacturers want to take too long to get their products out there and make money!

[VNutz]

Well pictures aren't gonna help. Get out there and lend a hand!! 🙂

[DavePelz4]

1 hour ago, sailfishchris said:

Sittin' on the dock of the bay

 

Otis my Man!

[Luke'sdad]

Factories, including golf foundries are running well below capacity in China currently. Its not just golf, its pretty much everything else that's made in China and shipped to your local Walmart. It just shows how Covid has effected China's capacity to meet demands alot more than they have led the world to believe. Our pro shop hasn't been able to keep a consistent stock of simple golf items such as tees, spikes, etc in stock since Summer. Combine that w/fewer dock workers in the ports able to work due to Covid related issues in Cali plus Union restrictions due to health & safety contract agreements, and you have a perfect storm. This won't be resolved for some time, especially in Cali where Covid is seemingly always surging. It's going to be a long ride, so be patient.

[BobsBugsBeGone]

I just ordered a set of P770 and was quoted 6weeks.   Is that realistic?

[me05501]

I mean...they could always make the stuff here. 😬

[tbone18]

26 minutes ago, BobsBugsBeGone said:

I just ordered a set of P770 and was quoted 6weeks.   Is that realistic?

at least. TM is showing 4/5/21 on there website as the ship date.

[bladehunter]

Should send them in through Charleston.  We will unload them.  

[nitram]

17 hours ago, sailfishchris said:

Sittin' on the dock of the bay

Watchin' the tide roll away...

Edited February 11, 2021 by nitram

[Steele47]

1 hour ago, me05501 said:

I mean...they could always make the stuff here. 😬

 

 

Blasphemy!

[me05501]

Back when the Callaway Hawkeye driver was current tech, I played golf with a guy who owned a small machine shop. They won a bid to make some of the driver heads. 
 

The Hawkeye was among the first clubs to have a screw-in sole weight.
 

This guy said that Callaway provided exactly *one* weight to use for testing the fit in the head they made. They didn’t want any bootleg driver heads going missing from his shop. 

[tbowles411]

4 hours ago, VNutz said:

Well pictures aren't gonna help. Get out there and lend a hand!! 🙂

I wish I could!!

[tomg1969]

2 hours ago, BobsBugsBeGone said:

I just ordered a set of P770 and was quoted 6weeks.   Is that realistic?

I ordered a set on 12/30 and they shipped on 2/8, so yes, I'd say that's about right

[sharkiesj]

I took this picture two days ago looking at the port of Long Beach.  Same thing.  Ships all stacked up and slow going.  Never ever saw anything like this before.  

[iNeedMoreGolf]

Maybe the ocean is the reason??? Maybe the ocean... is the aluminati????

[Lobber]

Or maybe the Longshoremen are

all out playing golf and not

unloading the cargo

[setter02]

5 hours ago, me05501 said:

I mean...they could always make the stuff here. 😬

 

Would love to see the prices they would charge then to maintain profits.  Get ready for $6k TM Burners!!!

[bladehunter]

5 hours ago, gwelfgulfer said:

 

Would love to see the prices they would charge then to maintain profits.  Get ready for $6k TM Burners!!!

I think that’s truly a myth.   I mean. We have a case study to look back on.  Right ? I think the actual issue is environmental regulation.  and I’m not at all advocating for a blanket rollback on that.  But The Chinese don’t have a magic foundry wand that somehow makes it free to operate.  Not even with kid labor.  
 

 

[phizzy30]

6 hours ago, sharkiesj said:

I took this picture two days ago looking at the port of Long Beach.  Same thing.  Ships all stacked up and slow going.  Never ever saw anything like this before.  

Yep.  I went to go visit my uncle a couple days ago for the 2nd round of vaccine.  He lives right next to the marina in long beach.  That's pretty much what I saw out at sea.  I can't wait until the pandemic is over.   

[Milfordlefty]

13 hours ago, nitram said:

Watchin' the tide roll away...

....sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

[Milfordlefty]

13 hours ago, me05501 said:

Back when the Callaway Hawkeye driver was current tech, I played golf with a guy who owned a small machine shop. They won a bid to make some of the driver heads. 
 

The Hawkeye was among the first clubs to have a screw-in sole weight.
 

This guy said that Callaway provided exactly *one* weight to use for testing the fit in the head they made. They didn’t want any bootleg driver heads going missing from his shop. 

But it is a machine shop, could he have just machined another weight? Just sayin'

[DavePelz4]

10 hours ago, iNeedMoreGolf said:

Maybe the ocean is the reason??? Maybe the ocean... is the aluminati????

 

You think the ocean is a graduate of a college?

 

If you're going conspiracy theory, let's at least go Illuminati.

[ThinkingPlus]

52 minutes ago, DavePelz4 said:

 

You think the ocean is a graduate of a college?

 

If you're going conspiracy theory, let's at least go Illuminati.

I was going for secret society of metallurgists.  6061 tattooed on the inside of their wrists.

[Sean2]

I am not in the market for anything, but I hope quality doesn't suffer as a result of demand exceeding supply and the rush to fill orders. 

[setter02]

5 hours ago, bladehunter said:

I think that’s truly a myth.   I mean. We have a case study to look back on.  Right ? I think the actual issue is environmental regulation.  and I’m not at all advocating for a blanket rollback on that.  But The Chinese don’t have a magic foundry wand that somehow makes it free to operate.  Not even with kid labor.  
 

 

 

Yes I do know that a bunch of it is environmental, but there is a reason everything is made there, and that reason in so many cases isn't going to be environmental.  The case study would be looking at company profits as they moved off-shore.  

 

As China's middle class starts to further rise, it will price out parts in China and you will likely see a shift further South and into India.  But this may not happen for a bit, but it is going to happen unless the jobs come back to work to right states where employees have no say and are basically going to be 3rd ish soon if not already.