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Originally Posted by spike021

+ @Dadhawk

I mean, I don't think the issue is really that, at least for me. I don't even have Amazon Prime, lol, so most orders I do make (which surprisingly aren't many by modern standards) take at least a couple weeks, at best.

I'm fairly sure we both agree that building and shipping the car itself takes a justifyingly long amount of time. Parts need to be sourced and allotted, etc.

I'm a software engineer, so a lot of the time I'm thinking of problem solving and efficiency. So when I hear that the exact same car (without extra port options, etc.) I ordered is sitting on a lot on the other side of the country that it arrived from, without anyone having ordered it and waiting for itself to be bought in person, I wonder why they're having someone wait at least another month or X amount of time to receive their own, especially when they've invested money and time into shipping the car coast to coast.

I mean, you bring up great and fair points about how building and shipping the cars (across the ocean) takes quite a long time. That all makes good sense and I totally agree. I'm fine with that.

But when it comes to efficiency (getting an order to a customer with a purchase agreement already in place in as timely a manner as they reasonable can) it doesn't make much sense anymore. Especially since I'm fairly sure -feel free to prove me wrong- that once a car arrives it needs to be insured for its trip across the country as well. I could be wrong, maybe the cargo ship with a car bound for the East Coast is sailed all the way to the East Coast. But if the car is delivered on the West Coast and then sent by train or truck, then there must be monetary costs to do so.

To me it sounds odd in that kind of scenario because they're basically holding off on being paid for X extra amount of time. When I think of good business I imagine people want to see money as soon as possible. But hey, I'm probably wrong; I'm not a business major! haha.

So when I think of it that way, it doesn't really make obvious sense, other than "well I guess maybe an unreserved car sitting on a lot will attract more attention by being a good marketing/advertising tool."

The other thing has to do with dealer allotments. They probably only get a certain amount of certain cars at certain times, and that is why even if you ordered sooner or there's a car available it won't go to you.

Whatever the reason(s) is(are), I just think it's a bit inefficient.

Anyway.... Like I've said at least a few times in this thread by now, I know just about nothing when it comes to the supply line and how orders are made/shipped/sent to specific customers, etc etc.

It is what it is and I honestly don't care much other than that I'm a curious person.

Let's all just get along about this

Not sure who isn't getting along or how my little theory on modern commerce could be taken as a slam or insult but will certainly say I am sorry to anybody that read it that way.

The big thing with cars is that you or I look at one and think it is expensive but to the companies that pump out millions of them one car sale is totally meaningless. Hell, 1,000 cars sold is meaningless. The system seems inefficient when you look at individual cases but when the whole scope of what they do is included then individual cars become nothing. I know it doesn't make sense when looked at from a logic perspective but somehow they make more money by doing it how they do. They are not sending them where they do for some cheap marketing gimmick such as having one on a lot but simply because that is the plan that was in place to get everything out as cheaply and quickly as possible.
It can be difficult to wrap your head around just how vast the industry is and just how little they care about one customer waiting for a car. They could probably take the whole 2017 production run of the BRZ and crush them all and all it would impact them would be that they would have to print their documents double sided for a couple of weeks to make up the loss.
Truly does suck that you have been The Guy that got stuck waiting the longest for some reason though.