Has anyone heard about problems in the supply chain of OCPDs by manufacturers? I heard today, in my local wholesalers, there are massive delays in getting containers into the country, such that some distributors/manufacturers are finding it difficult to fulfill existing orders and are not taking on new orders.
Listening to the news on the radio on my way back from a job today it seems the proposal to scrap Saturday mail deliveries is being considered again.
So if I order a heater thermostat now at 6.36 pm on a Thursday evening unless someone is at home to take delivery of it I won’t get it until next Thursday evening without making a trip to the sorting office to pick it up between 8.00 am and 12.00 noon during the working day and without a Saturday delivery I won’t get it until Monday anyway.
I have ditched paying for Special Delivery, because there isn’t anything Special about it.
However I have customers who are telling me they need things ordered, delivered and fitted within 48 hours, my reply to one such email was simply “I can’t”.
Listening to the news on the radio on my way back from a job today it seems the proposal to scrap Saturday mail deliveries is being considered again.
So if I order a heater thermostat now at 6.36 pm on a Thursday evening unless someone is at home to take delivery of it I won’t get it until next Thursday evening without making a trip to the sorting office to pick it up between 8.00 am and 12.00 noon during the working day and without a Saturday delivery I won’t get it until Monday anyway.
I have ditched paying for Special Delivery, because there isn’t anything Special about it.
However I have customers who are telling me they need things ordered, delivered and fitted within 48 hours, my reply to one such email was simply “I can’t”.
