Yeah, many of us have used CRC, and I will again (when stock arrives…). They’ve been through a rough patch during recent times, but lets not turn this into a CRC bashing thread, please.
The lack of stock has been frustrating and of course I realized, like everyone else, that CRC must have a supply issue and nothing could be done in the short term, possibly related to recent high sales volumes.
You might want to consider that without the sellers such as CRC who have been extremely prompt in the past, we’d not even be expecting items to arrive so quickly. Perhaps they’re kinda victims of their own, past, performance.
Either way, aren’t we over looking one important player in all this, the couriers.
RM, for example, aint exactly the hot show around, service varies. Don’t get me wrong, I know that the round pounders, the people who actually turn up at your door, most of them, work hard to get stuff to you, but sometimes the overall service hampers any speed of prep and dispatch carried out by the seller.
Its good that someone is reporting that ActionSPorts have impressed them with a speedy delivery, I’m sure if all the other peices fall into place (price, stock availability), then other retailers will feel the pressure as we all start buying from ActionSports, but lets not get bogged down with hammering outlets who have many satisfied, silent customers, but who occassionaly “drop the ball” or who’s chosen courier sometimes leaves rather alot to be desired.
I’ve experienced slow delivery from Merlin, Wiggle, CRC, infact most of the more common retailers in the past, and I’ve also experienced the delight of recieving items so quickly you wonder if they’ve teleported to you.
CRC will live or die by its overall service and performance in the market place, and thats the way I think it should be. So lets not waist time slating them.
CC.