x+y+z+T+U=time until you get the figures.
Where x = manufacturing and production time with all the Covid related production backlogs, labor shortages, and over-commitment by factories in accepting orders factored in
y=shipping time from China to US via cargo vessels with all current port and customs delays related to Covid factored in
z=shipping time via trucks from port of arrival to Topps distribution center, again with all the Covid related delays due to labor shortages and such factored in
T=turnaround time at Topps distribution center from the time they receive the merchandise until they can have it packaged and ready to ship to end customers
and
U=time it takes the USPS to receive, process and deliver the package to the end customer. Since 2 day priority is now running 3-5 days and the holiday volume boom is coming as labor force is shrinking, this will get longer before it gets shorter, unless they go with UPS or Fed E, which also have holiday volume and workforce shortages to deal with
since the current situation of global shipping is a nightmare mess and none of those variables can be predicted with any degree of accuracy, any estimate you make/get is likely to be very wrong. This is the world we currently live in and expectations need to account for all of that. I would guess not soon is the best you can accurately estimate at this point.
-M
Where x = manufacturing and production time with all the Covid related production backlogs, labor shortages, and over-commitment by factories in accepting orders factored in
y=shipping time from China to US via cargo vessels with all current port and customs delays related to Covid factored in
z=shipping time via trucks from port of arrival to Topps distribution center, again with all the Covid related delays due to labor shortages and such factored in
T=turnaround time at Topps distribution center from the time they receive the merchandise until they can have it packaged and ready to ship to end customers
and
U=time it takes the USPS to receive, process and deliver the package to the end customer. Since 2 day priority is now running 3-5 days and the holiday volume boom is coming as labor force is shrinking, this will get longer before it gets shorter, unless they go with UPS or Fed E, which also have holiday volume and workforce shortages to deal with
since the current situation of global shipping is a nightmare mess and none of those variables can be predicted with any degree of accuracy, any estimate you make/get is likely to be very wrong. This is the world we currently live in and expectations need to account for all of that. I would guess not soon is the best you can accurately estimate at this point.
-M
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