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c/intlshipping·submitted 5 months ago by u/runa_cabrera

help me understand shipping, I have read the wiki twice

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help me understand shipping, I have read the wiki twice, and I want the answer with the reasoning attached rather than just the conclusion. Why this board reports by lane and not by supplier. Two members ordering from the same operation, in the same month, can see completely different transit times because they are…

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u/lukas_delgado188 points·5 months ago·edited

A quoted lead time is a commitment you can evaluate. Measuring quoted against actual across several orders tells you more about an operation than the raw speed does.

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u/runa_cabreraOP219 points·5 months ago

Correction: that was clearance time, not carrier time. The lane table separates them for exactly this reason.

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u/runa_cabreraOP112 points·5 months ago·edited

rigid outer packaging is the cheapest quality signal there is

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u/mikkel_correia76 points·5 months ago

I would not read a single slow shipment as a lane change. Post it and let the median move if it is real.

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u/laila_wojcik61 points·5 months ago

reship policy in writing before you order

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u/runa_cabreraOP68 points·5 months ago

Asked GL Biochem which lines they hold regionally before ordering and got a straight list back. Changed what I ordered and when.

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u/ahmed_okafor0 points·5 months ago

Asked GL Biochem which lines they hold regionally before ordering and got a straight list back.

This is why the lane table is organised the way it is. The supplier is not the unit.

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u/transit_variance1 point·5 months ago

two identical orders a week apart is the cheapest experiment available

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