Where is my Canon Camera (Page 2): You're lucky you have the refund. I always have to pay them and my check got to them fast even I sent them by what we call "Snail Mail".

BebuLamar

ELNikkor wrote:

I think my 2020 tax return refund is on one of those ships. (5 months and counting!)

You're lucky you have the refund. I always have to pay them and my check got to them fast even I sent them by what we call "Snail Mail".

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Bill_de wrote:

It's right next to my Nikon Fc w/ 28mm ordered in July. I think the ship's anchor is caught on an oil pipeline.

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I have the Z fc with the 16-50mm lens. The issue for me is that extra batteries have been backordered for 2 months.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I saw, "Where is my..." several times a day. After a few days, I buy another one. Then the original turns up. Of course, this applies only to inexpensive items.

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

ImageCreator wrote:

Bought and on back order. Tell me its not sitting in some storage container on a ship anchored off the coast of California. If so, I may not see it for many months.

Does anyone else have backordered items that drag on forever?

I hope it wasnt shipped by Fedex. I have had 3 lenses lost by Fedex in the last month!!!!

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

ImageCreator wrote:

Bought and on back order. Tell me its not sitting in some storage container on a ship anchored off the coast of California. If so, I may not see it for many months.

Does anyone else have backordered items that drag on forever?

Seven months for a new couch and chair and they make it in Georgia.
…Cam

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

PS - Now over 100 ships anchored off of Port of Los Angeles waiting to unload. Absolutely amazing from the air. It looks like LA at rush hour using ships.

lowkick Loc: Connecticut

ImageCreator wrote:

Bought and on back order. Tell me its not sitting in some storage container on a ship anchored off the coast of California. If so, I may not see it for many months.

Does anyone else have backordered items that drag on forever?

Yes. I've had a Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x macro lens on order for a couple of months now. I'm not desperate for it, so I'll wait. I don't think we'll be going on vacation again this winter, so I figure this lens will give me some more indoor photo options to keep me busy. I have no idea when it will be available. It is supposedly in short supply because of the chip shortage.

lowkick Loc: Connecticut

BebuLamar wrote:

Yes I ordered a Lenovo laptop a week ago. They told me it's 4+ months before they can ship it.

Are you going to wait for it? In 4 months it will probably be nearing obsolescence!

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

According to the news program I heard last night, the ships have to wait 10 days to unload. However, that only gets the cargo to the docks. They didn't say how long from there to a truck.

gouldopfl

That is a fact of life and a huge negative impact of our economy. As of last week there were 70+ container ships off of the port of LA. That was more than 4 weeks wait. All of the ports in the US and Mexico are overwhelmed. The older container ships hold ~5000 container units. These new super ships hold ~15000 container units thus a much longer time to offload and reload. Not all port slots can handle the big ships. The furniture market are quoting 9-11 months if not in stock.

Old Coot

Red6 wrote:

Is it not amazing how our expectations for receivi... (show quote)

Ordered a not readily available part for my Dishwasher. Amazon delivered it the same day !!

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

Old Coot wrote:

Ordered a not readily available part for my Dishwasher. Amazon delivered it the same day !!

And where do you think Amazon gets its products? Eventually Amazon warehouses will run out of certain things. Went to Walmart and Costco and Target locally and many of the shelves were bare. Especially noticing a decline in the food section.

The Port of LA normally pushes through $1billion a day of product. It should be operating 7 days a week 24/7 with the backlog. Drove by on a Saturday 2 weeks ago and it was SILENT. Didn't even see anyone walking on the docks.

BebuLamar

lowkick wrote:

Are you going to wait for it? In 4 months it will probably be nearing obsolescence!

Yes I am going to wait for it.

gouldopfl

That is union's for you. I knew a crane operator at the port of LA who 10 years ago got 200.00 an hour on Sundays and 150 on anything over 40 hours. I am sure it is more now.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

ImageCreator wrote:

Bought and on back order. Tell me its not sitting in some storage container on a ship anchored off the coast of California. If so, I may not see it for many months.

Does anyone else have backordered items that drag on forever?

Nikon Z 28 mm missing in action since June so far.