Norm S Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Well I know a lot of people are really complaining about their dealers not delivering. I know for a fact that some of the biggest dealers in the U.S. only got 1 or 2 800's in the last shipment. That don't say much for Minelab when we all know about the Cabela's thing. Twice I had an 800 in my cart at Cabela's. The 1st time in early February then about 10 days ago in the next shipment. I didn't ck out thinking my dealer would be getting a decent allotment and I would get mine soon. Now I hear late next week for the next shipment and if I don't get a tracking # next week I am cancelling my order. I have joked around and stuff about it but if I don't get mine next week I will wait for Whites. You know they have several they have torn down are trying to emulate with just a touch better software and I would bet will be out by the end of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Mike Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I know people like hearing the details about whos getting what. Cabelas said they got 12 allotted to them this week and orders are supposed to be filled in the order they were received. I ordered at 8am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKman Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I received an email yesterday afternoon from Cabela's. Rachel in the Dropship department told me she couldn't tell me exactly why mine hadn't shipped since they are supposed to go out in the order they were received. (mine was ordered at 5:20 AM EST on 2/20). The best guess that Rachel had was that since this was my first order with Minelab the order was checked for fraud before being sent to Minelab. She said without any other order numbers I could provide her from ones that shipped out after mine she couldn't be sure. But that I will probably get mine by 3/30.. Happy Happy Joy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Norm S said: Now I hear late next week for the next shipment and if I don't get a tracking # next week I am cancelling my order. I have joked around and stuff about it but if I don't get mine next week I will wait for Whites. You know they have several they have torn down are trying to emulate with just a touch better software and I would bet will be out by the end of the year. Now I know you're joking, Norm. That is pretty funny. Especially, since ML holds the patents and will litigate with the competition at the drop of a hat. You can ask Whites and XP about that. Regarding pre-pays. (Not a Norm S. issue). This is a fluid, free market environment. If anything, you can juxtapose the Cabelas and Kellyco situations and ascertain that pre-paying did not provide an advantage in the larger scheme of things despite initial reports to the contrary that were subsequently debunked. I recall folks that adamantly maintained that ML was preferentially going to dole out the detectors to satisfy pre-orders that were pre-paid. Lesson learned. Shop around and find the dealer situation that suits your principles and if you ARE going to prepay to perhaps find an advantage with a specific dealer in terms of which list you get on to, then be prepared for your money to be in someone else's hands for a long time before you receive product. Fortunately, if you put in the effort to do the legwork you can find the situation that suits you because dealers run the gamut when it comes to setting their terms on prepays, extras, discounts, etc.. I can also say this, if you have a close relationship with a dealer, stick it out rather than jump ship. You will be better off in the long run because they will still be there for you when the big box guy is done after the last shipping notice. Don't stop believing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddbbq Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 26 minutes ago, GKman said: I received an email yesterday afternoon from Cabela's. Rachel in the Dropship department told me she couldn't tell me exactly why mine hadn't shipped since they are supposed to go out in the order they were received. (mine was ordered at 5:20 AM EST on 2/20). The best guess that Rachel had was that since this was my first order with Minelab the order was checked for fraud before being sent to Minelab. She said without any other order numbers I could provide her from ones that shipped out after mine she couldn't be sure. But that I will probably get mine by 3/30.. Happy Happy Joy... I ordered at 5:15 am EST and I did not get one either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKman Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 5 minutes ago, Toddbbq said: I ordered at 5:15 am EST and I did not get one either.... Was it your first order from Cabela's? Something seems messed up for sure. I don't think Rachel wants to talk to me any more. Her last email was pretty blunt. Whoops realized I misstated something in my earlier post I should have said it was my first order from Cabela's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddbbq Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 minute ago, GKman said: Was it your first order from Cabela's? Something seems messed up for sure. I don't think Rachel wants to talk to me any more. Her last email was pretty blunt. No but it has been awhile since I ordered from them. My assumption in the shipping is all that ordered next day went first then all that did not use FREESHIPPING promo went second then we who used the free shipping promo shipped last ..Just my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKman Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Just now, Toddbbq said: No but it has been awhile since I ordered from them. My assumption in the shipping is all that ordered next day went first then all that did not use FREESHIPPING promo went second then we who used the free shipping promo shipped last ..Just my opinion Unfortunately I didn't use free shipping... Didn't realize that was an option until later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubious Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Whoever it was that warned about Cabela's sloppy practices had it right. About half of those who ordered on 2/30 and got the "shipped" message the next day actually received anything, and it seemed quite random. No one there really knows what is happening, and they tell you conflicting things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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