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Now label Peelers says that pre orders for hops will be 2-3 more weeks before shipment! WTF!! It was 2 weeks before.
It's like a feeding frenzy... The day I can't get Cascade,centennial or magnum I'll cry
zazbnf said:Got my shipping confirmation today, I preordered 9/28. Seems they are just processing in the order recieved.
"I don't want to speak for them, or get anyone into a frenzy, but I was told that due to the large number of orders, and shortages of certain varieties, it is possible that some of the pre-orders that were made later, may be at risk."
I don't know, they claim that they are so close to the supplier that they get hops in 5 days a week. Not being able to fill pre-orders when you know ahead of time how much you'll need (whole purpose of pre-order) is unacceptable. I don't mind waiting, but if it ends up I pre-ordered and they don't have the supply to fill the order then I'll never use them again. The only reason to pre-order anything is to guarantee you get what you wanted in the case that things sell out. To pre-order and still not receive the product is just terrible business.
Here's the deal. Labelpeelers had contracted 2000 lbs of each of the trademarked hops this year. The harvest was bad, and suddenly the supplier cut down the allotment to 400 lbs of each well into the preorder period. The contract had a clause about natural disaster type stuff (like a bad harvest) that left no legal recourse to get what was originally contracted.
Horseballs said:Here's the deal. Labelpeelers had contracted 2000 lbs of each of the trademarked hops this year. The harvest was bad, and suddenly the supplier cut down the allotment to 400 lbs of each well into the preorder period. The contract had a clause about natural disaster type stuff (like a bad harvest) that left no legal recourse to get what was originally contracted.
I am a representative of LabelPeelers.com. Things are running later than expected. With agricultural product everything is an estimate and controlled by the plant's growth. We do have them coming and orders will be filled. There was a major flood of the Idaho Amarillo fields and decimated the harvest. We were expecting 2,000 lbs and were cut back considerably from that amount. We kept in contact with the growing process, so we saw this coming and stopped pre-orders when we realized the possible shortage. The shortage was a bit more than we anticipated but we contacted a few of our customers that had ordered larger amounts and told them the bad news so we only had to disappoint a few people and can fill everyone's smaller orders. FYI LD Carlson has limited all homebrew stores to 3lbs and 100 ounces of Amarillo. It's going to be a year with very little Amarillo. Rest assured your hops will be in the mail as soon as we get them. We want nothing more than to get you the hops you pre-ordered.
Normmouth said:Stopped in the store today, and they are busy as heck. The front of the store is floor to ceiling boxes of hops, and the keep getting more in everyday. Apparently there are issues with the manufacturer releasing the pellets of some varieties but not the whole leaf yet. So you may see delays depending on the type you ordered. Rest assured they working their butts off to get you guys your orders.
I don't work there or anything, I'm just a noob that likes their store, prices and attitude.
Just thought I'd share some info.
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