Rigol orders stuck in the Port at Los Angeles - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: envisionelec
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2015, 11:54:43 pm
content: My employer purchased a few things on my recommendation from TEquipment.net. I am so used to their prompt delivery that I was surprised that the order had taken over two weeks to "ship". When it didn't ship, I called. Their employee was helpful and very apologetic.They're overrun with phone calls from angry customers. So if your stuff hasn't shipped, blame the LA Port union bosses - not TEquipment.Signed, a satisfied and understanding customer.

author: 173DSP
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: February 22, 2015, 05:04:22 am
content: Some of Hakko's orders are stuck there as well.

author: DJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 23, 2015, 11:05:51 am
content: There are major supply chain disruptions thanks to this latest port worker nonsense. The Panama Canal widening, new Nicaraguan canal and Pacific Mexican ports are industry's response.

author: Excavatoree
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2015, 01:01:23 pm
content: Quote from: DJ on February 23, 2015, 11:05:51 amThey are enlarging the port of Savannah, Georgia as well. The union workers may have won this battle, but they will lose the war. Ask the union auto parts manufactures in Dayton, Ohio how it all worked out for them. Buy a "Genuine GM part" nowdays and the box is marked "made in Mexico"

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2015, 06:33:04 pm
content: Quote from: Excavatoree on February 23, 2015, 01:01:23 pmIf you are lucky it is "Heche et Mehico", but most are marked "Made in Korea" on the box. The box will also be branded as either Daewoo or Kia as the OEM.Here the Daewoo Matiz was not a great seller, but the same vehicle, branded as a Chevy Spark, is a reasonable seller. Even nicer is that the spares for them are cheap, and you can just about buy the entire car as parts, though you often get the infamous "6 weeks from Korea for that" reply for some popular parts. If the vehicle is still running, and not a DaeWontGo, then you order it and drive without whatever it is ( window winder, mirror, lights) till it arrives. Otherwise you go to the agents with a tube of lube.

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 03:39:52 am
content: Quote from: Excavatoree on February 23, 2015, 01:01:23 pmSadly, I'd have to agree. It appears the existing employees have slit future generations' throats as a result this agreement.

author: mtdoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 03:46:20 am
content: Quote from: nanofrog on February 24, 2015, 03:39:52 amI doubt a port in Georgia will have a big impact on trans-Pacific shipping- even with a widened Panama canal. Geography's a bitch..

author: Excavatoree
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 03:59:00 am
content: Quote from: mtdoc on February 24, 2015, 03:46:20 amI believe you are correct, but you wouldn't believe the BS the politicians are throwing around. (I live in Georgia)However, the new rules allowing truck drivers to drive from Mexico to the US more easily and the new Mexican ports will have a large effect, I believe.

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 04:39:12 am
content: And here in Portland, Oregon, our largest freight-handler company (Hanjin) is leaving town because of the adolescent behavior of the labor unions.

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 05:07:37 am
content: Quote from: mtdoc on February 24, 2015, 03:46:20 amI was thinking less about the geography of Savannah in relation to the Pacific Ocean, and more about the conditions that tend to get set by existing employees for new hires (lower wages & benefits). Older employees will have the nice wages and perks, while the new hires are making a fraction when it's all said and done (not in one go, but over multiple contract negotiations). Foot in the door sort of thing that also happens to effectively neuter the relevant union/s in the process (say 3 contracts later...).Witnessed this with AT&T.Simultaneously, they'll try to see what they can do to use Mexico as a means of bypassing US labor to further break the union.

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 05:11:37 am
content: Guys, this was on the new just last week.I live in Portland, OR, and they said that this is happening everywhere right now across the US.The port workers are crying about not receiving enough money for pay or some such, and are basically on strike. Expect a long delay on anything coming in and leaving the US right now.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 06:41:57 am
content: Quote from: Falcon69 on February 24, 2015, 05:11:37 amWould this include regular service mail?I've had a few reports of non-delivery uCurrents to the US.

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 08:08:20 am
content: Consumer/non-fright stuff almost always goes by air - just a really slow we-wll-get-it-on-a-plane-when-there-is-some-extra-room. TEquipment must have been renting all(or part) of a container to a US distribution hub would be my vague guess.Shipping logistics is fascinating stuff. This book was a good read:http://www.amazon.com/Changing-How-World-Does-Business/dp/1576754138It's about the rise of FedEx. And how you start a global shipping company from nothing. It's not an easy problem to solve. You don't have the customers, so you can't afford the planes. But, you don't have the planes, so you can't even offer the service to customers. A real chicken and egg problem.

author: cosmicray
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 02:47:56 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 24, 2015, 06:41:57 amProbably not directly, as most cross-ocean mail uses airlift. If the port strike has caused some shippers to emergency ship stuff by air to cover out of stock backlogs, then perhaps there is a knock on effect.

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 03:34:00 pm
content: Quote from: george graves on February 24, 2015, 08:08:20 amQuote from: cosmicray on February 24, 2015, 02:47:56 pmI was under the impression "it depends".For example, shipments I've gotten out of Germany have all been flown (Frankfurt to NYC), and made it to me within 11 days without being specified as air (shipping was cheapest method). But from China and Japan, it's been by ship if sent by SMS (Sea Mail Service) or air if by EMS (Express Mail Service; @ an additional cost of course).On the reverse (me as sender), it's varied as well. By ship to Chile and air to Australia, and both were least expensive method (of course, the US cut Sea Mail to Australia, so it's airmail only). Yet Australia still offers a Sea Mail Service to the US (here).Seems like some sort of red-tape conglomeration between the sending and receiving postal services (what's offered, treaty in place regarding mail, political winds, ...).Any insights into this?

author: teddy529
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 05:21:47 pm
content: Quote from: Falcon69 on February 24, 2015, 05:11:37 amThis has made my work hell

author: K5HJ
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 08:13:51 pm
content: Too bad we don't have Marlon Brando to go down to the docks and show those guys.

author: mtdoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 08:21:18 pm
content: Just an FYI: The shutdown ended last Friday when they reached a tenative deal. They are working now - it's just that there is a backlog of ships waiting to be unloaded.

author: videobruce
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 09:05:06 pm
content: QuoteNo, blame management for just thinking of themselves first and screwing their employees!QuoteAnd of course management has absolutely nothing to do with any of this, it's always labors fault. Bullshit!These corporations are enjoying profits greater than ever before, it's too damn bad it can't be shared.

author: N8AUM
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 09:05:43 pm
content: Would this include regular service mail?I've had a few reports of non-delivery uCurrents to the US.I hate to admit this but for the past few months I helped to support the Chinese economy by buying their CHEAP ass crap and noticed no delays in receiving anything.