Originally Posted by
Pat Barry
Its irresponsible to take orders that you know you can't deliver on. This is atypical of LV from my experience. It does seem that improvements in communication are necessary though, and much improvement in delivery forecasting.
Lee Valley has never taken my money for an order that they couldn't ship immediately. That's how they work. The only grey area is when a part (like a plane blade) is not a separate item from a sales perspective.
To reiterate, you can only purchase what they have in stock. By purchase I mean part with your money in return for some item.
Pushing back the delivery date of a sub-part is really what this thread is all about.
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