I ordered some blanks from Penn State, which were - and still are - listed on the website as "in stock, ready to ship." They charged my card the same day. A week later, they still haven't bothered to ship them.
I understand that this is a busy season. Even so, everybody else I've ordered from has managed to ship within a day or two. And this isn't the first time I've waited over a week for Penn State to ship. I think I'm done ordering from them direct. "In stock, but can't be bothered to ship" isn't any better than out of stock.
Also, I made a PSI seamripper necklace (ordered via Exotic Blanks, who do ship promptly). The necklace chain is junk. Not only is it a coarse, ugly chain that doesn't hang cleanly - it's weak. My wife broke it gently untangling it out of the package. How's it supposed to hold up to having the seam ripper pulled off of it regularly? This is a gift, so we've spent the money to put a nice chain on it. Glad I'm not trying to sell it.
I understand that this is a busy season. Even so, everybody else I've ordered from has managed to ship within a day or two. And this isn't the first time I've waited over a week for Penn State to ship. I think I'm done ordering from them direct. "In stock, but can't be bothered to ship" isn't any better than out of stock.
Also, I made a PSI seamripper necklace (ordered via Exotic Blanks, who do ship promptly). The necklace chain is junk. Not only is it a coarse, ugly chain that doesn't hang cleanly - it's weak. My wife broke it gently untangling it out of the package. How's it supposed to hold up to having the seam ripper pulled off of it regularly? This is a gift, so we've spent the money to put a nice chain on it. Glad I'm not trying to sell it.