@SeaMaiden wrote:
How come other big companies ship things out THE SAME DAY or at least the next day.... and QVC has things percolating in the warehouse for 5 -6-10 days before they even ship??
Because the other companies are in total control of their own shipping 90-100% of the time, with full inventories in their computer database at all times, and shipping takes place from one business.
This is not how QVC operates, because they will never have the space to have every item they sell in their warehouse at any given time. They will never be Amazon or Walmart - not only will they never have the money and resources to do that, they just aren’t in that kind of competition.
A vendor comes to QVC and says they have 10,000 of an item. When QVC puts it on air, they count up to 10,000 and say “Sold Out.” The item ships from the vendor, who takes as long as they feel like to process and mail it out. They may only have had 9,000 of the item in reality. Sometimes they will make more, hence 5-7 days “in process.” Other times they say the heck with it and say “sold out”, even though QVC customers 9,001-10,000 were told the item was in stock. QVC doesn’t know any of this until/unless the company contacts them and tells them. Many don’t.
It’s the way QVC operates. I don’t see it changing. Some companies they sell for are accurate & conscientious and some aren’t. QVC isn’t highly motivated to do anything about it because a small handful of people complain - the only way QVC even is aware in many cases.
FWIW, most of the online companies I deal with of all types of mdse have similar shipping times. Websites like Blair and Hanes take on average three weeks from order to arrival with their standard shipping, which isn’t cheap. Vionic is nearly always next day for me, as I live 2 hrs from where they are shipped and they ship Fedex for $5! But they are the exception.
Talking rip-off - I ordered five tiny bottles of essential oils from a “company” (woman’s kitchen table) that all fit in a small baggie with room to spare for five more. The entire package (small box, bubble wrap) weighed about 8 oz max. Shipping was $17-$18!! and it took about 6 days. Lesson learned the hard way on that one. The oils barely smell in my diffuser using 15 drops, where the whole room smells good from the $5-6 cheapie oils I got at Marshall’s when I use 8 drops.
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