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Did you read the 'terms and conditions' and the 'shipping' that vendor (Soga)? Or are the items backorder/pre-stock? Some sellers usually don't update their stock or specify it, therefore delay would happen.
You should contact them for the problem.
Actually, I wasn't aware that items showed an in stock/out of stock status until you mentioned it, since none of the ten items I'd ordered had any indication one way or another. Then I discovered by examining some items that he'd be very likely to have that he lists stuff as "In Stock" if it's in stock, but lists no stock status otherwise.
So I guess he's waiting on all of my items to come in. That's not a problem for me, as he's one of only two places I've found that stock a large range of Komkplkt Zip stuff, and the other vendor didn't even list a set I needed to order two of. I'd ordinarily have gone with the other vendor (Hobbyeasy) as they've never let me down, but I needed those two sets, and it made sense to pay just one shipping fee.
I've no problems waiting for out of stock - the indications I've gotten from others in responses are that he's a good vendor, and so I'm fine with waiting - fortunately, since it's all the one brand, I've presumably just got to wait for a single restock.
I do think it might be better if he actively listed items as in stock/not in stock, rather than the current "it's not in stock unless it's says it is" system. I might have noticed if I'd ordered items from a number of manufacturers, but everything had the same status, so I wasn't aware of the way he listed stock status.
If there is a terms and conditions, it's well hidden, though - the site's "How to order" link returns a blank page, while "About Us" returns a "Write about your company here" template page. I ordered simply because I knew he'd been in business a long time, couldn't find any negative reviews, and I've dealt with quite a few former Eastern Bloc vendors and I'm aware that their shipping times reflect, perhaps, a customer base who were used to having to wait a long time for good things.
I freely admit I've become spoiler when I can order a brand new kit from a reliable Chinese vendor on eBay for about 30% less *with* shipping than I'd pay anywhere else *before* shipping, get a "shipped" notification the same day, and have the item in the mailbox inside of ten days. I won't contact Soga about my order unless I reach the end of *next* month and there's still been no movement.
I think some of my frustration was that the bits I was ordering, while technically what would be considered "AMS" stuff, were part of a plan to ease myself back into the habit of modeling by tackling two or three simpler kits, the modern equivalent of what an Airfix series 2 was to me as a kid, which means that while the stash is vast, I'm stalled waiting on resin sets to fix up kits that were intended to be 1-2 week builds. Oh well, I can use the time waiting to research the subjects better.
