Tails said:
I will say that Jim' candor is one of the main reasons we have not gone on a wanton rampage.
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Agreed. Except its worn out and tired at this point.
There is no reason for a rail car to take 14 days to cross the country, no matter how many times you switch it.
Heck, just assume that the trains to each part of the country take the same amount of time to cover the same ground (Not a completely fair assumption, but its better than assuming they reach all points at the same time, because they dont). Using that logic I'm looking at a 28 day trip to Florida because they haven't figured out how to reach the midwest in 14.
This isn't a ship. You don't need 450 cars on a train to make it worthwhile to ship that way. You only need a few. And trains run significantly more frequently then trans pacific car carriers.
These are the questions Jim needs to answer.
Why is it that I can't just call 1-800-2PONTIAC and give my order number and have someone come back and say "Its in rail car #a01239 on Burlington Southern. Its estimated to reach the dealer on december 22nd". All I have is that it was invoiced sometime last week, estimated delivery december 12th and shipped on december 3rd. All of that was from either the little bit of info my dealer has (like the charge for the vehicle) or this site. We are now 160% over on the delivery estimate. That is UNACCEPTABLE without a personal call, in any business standard practice. Its worse that its a $33,000 product that was ordered 7 months in advance.