MidwayUSA Primer Shipping Delay

[Ranger188]

Just had a chat with them on some primers I purchased on Friday.
They are now saying it might be up to 21 days before they will ship.
Can't cancel order either.
Just want to let others know of the long delay....

 

[DangerRanger]

You were really going to cancel a successful primer order?

 

[TAJ45]

Price?? Which primer?? Limit?

 

[Park ranger]

Mine was 10 days. Something about hazmat drivers I’ve heard.

 

[DGP4]

I ordered small pistol primers from Brownell and had a 3 week delay in shipping. I have heard the same thing as park ranger, a dearth of hazmat drivers is causing delays

 

[457ciSBC]

This must be pretty recent, I ordered primers from MW on the 13th and they were delivered on the 20th.

 

[arctic2]

I was wondering what was going on. They usually ship pretty fast. Also ordered some from Brownells last weekend. Shipped today.

 

[MSS]

I got my Midway ordered primers finally It took about 3 weeks.

 

[divingin]

Ordered some LPP's from Brownell's on 7-20; due to arrive on 7-29.

Ordered some SPP's from Brownell's on 7-23; due to arrive on 8-2.

Wish they would have had both in stock at the same time to save on one HazMat charge. Way it goes, I guess.

 

[Mark W]

I guess I got lucky because I placed an order for 1k primers with Midway on 7/19 and it shipped out on 7/20. UPS dropped it off at my house on the morning of 7/27. I see lots of issues with Midway, but I’ve never had a problem with them. Kinda like the post office.

 

[Jfred-in-Texas]

I've bought something from Midway fifteen times in the last 4 months. Including primers. One time the primers took about 8 days. Other than that, all the other orders took less time.

 

[cptjack]

I will wait at 75.00 a. 1000

 

[NorCalMikie]

Sounds like something they did a while back. They "don't stock", just drop ship from the Mfgr. If they don't stock it, they don't pay tax on it as inventory??
And the haz mat driver thing sounds like BS to me.

 

[fkimble@charter.net]

Manufacturer gave them shipping notice of product. They put product on their website, knowing it will sell out before it even arrives at their warehouse. When it arrives it goes directly to shipping dept. Saves putting it on stocking shelves. And they can only ship a certain amount of hazmat per UPS/Fed-EX vehicle, so the shipping has to be spread out over days, maybe even weeks, depending on how much stock they received.

Frank

 

[Drewel]

Out of desperation. On Monday I placed an order through Midway for some primers. My order was ready for pick up in approximately one hour. I save the hazmat fee and the shipping fee.

 

[D-4297]

Manufacturer gave them shipping notice of product. They put product on their website, knowing it will sell out before it even arrives at their warehouse. When it arrives it goes directly to shipping dept. Saves putting it on stocking shelves. And they can only ship a certain amount of hazmat per UPS/Fed-EX vehicle, so the shipping has to be spread out over days, maybe even weeks, depending on how much stock they received.

Frank

Also depends on how many trailers , and Haz-Mat rated drivers are available to run those "Routes" . Like ; from St. Louis to Phoenix , or Memphis to Dallas , for example . There are a lot of Federal regulations concerning Haz-mat shipping , and both trucking companies , and particularly Drivers will not violate those "Regs" because the fines are massive . Including losing your license . Which also means losing your livelihood . I don't know of a "Hand" out there willing to lose their job , for you to get your primers faster . Would you risk your job over primer or powder shipments , considering how difficult getting a Class "A" with a Haz-mat rating is ?