Post #300234 by Tiki Shark Art on Wed, Apr 18, 2007 4:36 PM

Tiki Towel UPDATE:
The cargo ship carrying the container of Tiki Beach Towels will be arriving at the port of LA tomorrow or the day after. (finally!) So I found out today from our shipping company. I've been nervously checking with them, (Boy, have they been patient with me. "No sir, I don't think pirates have attached the ship and stolen your towels. No, I don't think the possibility of Godzilla sinking the ship is very high either.) ...and with the routing people at Big 5. Now, I just faxed the "delivery order" to the trucking company to pick up the container. It should be unloaded, and through customs, by Monday, April 23rd.

So far, so good. Of course, many things can still go wrong, but the list of them is getting fewer as the goods actually get physically closer to their destination. However, I did get a call from the buyer at Big 5 asking where the towels where, and to remind me about the big ad space they had already placed for the towels in the LA times. I told her everything was fine and on schedule, and the towels will be in the stores on time, and there was no need to send out the hit men. She said "Okay", but I could hear the cool disbelief in her voice.

Meanwhile, I found out the factory still had not sent out the remaining towels. Sheesh! sometimes, dealing with the "non-American" sense of efficiency can drive you crazy. You have to ask, demand, and double, and triple check everything with the overseas factories. And often, they still get things wrong. Lord knows now if the remaining towels will arrive here in time for the charity event, and the Hawaiian orphans...

(actual photo of Hawaiian Orphan awaiting a Tiki towel)