Well crud! I'll finally get to purchase next week and the wait times for the factory outlet have increased exponentially. I think I read that the wait times are usually much shorter than they say. Is that right?
I think the times go up and down. The lead time probably indicates # weeks until Axiom's best guess of when they're going to have to make more of that particular model. I imagine if they get more orders than expected they have to build sooner which reduces the lead time.
I haven't seen any indication that the wait times are "much less than stated", just that they're "rarely more than stated and usually a bit less". If you wait a couple of weeks the lead times will probably go down again by a couple of weeks
Seriously, you might want to give them a call and see what the situation is "right now". I expect they have to raise the lead times before they actually run out of FO stock to prevent the case where :
- they have 4 sets left
- 7 people order at roughly the same time, before the site can be updated
- 4 are happy, 3 have to wait longer than the site said
I wonder if part of the expanded wait times reflect the anticipated crush of orders due to income tax refunds in the US?
Rook, i ordered from fo couple of weeks ago. and they told me they take the time of the shortest item and the longest item and divide by 2 to get your wait time. i ordered and everything was about 2-3week wait except the 60's which were 4-5week i got everything in about 3 weeks or less. sorry to be so sketchy im just not sure off the top of my head the weeks just blend together. also they were so early im still not done with my HT i have them setup with everything on the florr in the livingroom. anyway goodluck.
Rook,
I also ordered some of my pieces from FO, and they were a week earlier than what the initial estimate was. I want to say that the M2i's, EEP400 ;-), and SV150 were less than two weeks behind the M60's and Qs8's that came out of regular stock.
They surprised me with how fast everything got here.
You will get your speakers no later than the date that was current at the time of order, usually earlier. The dates on the website will fluctuate with production schedules, etc... If you ordered more than one speaker, which ever had the longest date is the one when your speakers will be due to arrive.
I got mine 13 weeks from the date that I ordered. They arrived not a day early, not a day late.
13 weeks, man! My God. You'd have thunk that they would be at least a week early, but they were not.
Don't get your hopes up. Their figures are pretty reliable as they have a fairly good handle on the rate of 2nd run "F-ups" related to the amount of product ordered on average.
We'll see, and I wish you good luck waiting.
Heck with it...I'll probably just pay the extra 10%.
Which speakers are you looking at and what color?
I was looking at Boston Cherry M60s, 150 center, 500 Sub, and qs8s.
the qs8 are 8 weeks and the 60's a re 2 weeks add together divide by 2 you will have them in 5 weeks or less. call and check to make sure but thats how they told me it worked when i ordered a couple of weeks ago. and they were right (actually they werre early)
Boston Cherry M60's currently 2 weeks
"" "" VP150 currently 5 weeks
"" "" EP500 currently 3 weeks
"" "" Qs8's currently 8 weeks
They usually ship everything at the same time, unless you have made other arrangements, so if you ordered today, you would be looking at 8 weeks as the Qs8's have the longest arrival date. When I talked to Amie, she said that date is the date they will arrive, not ship. Many people have experienced getting their speakers a week early...
good luck on your decisions.
Randy
Randy, i know you orderded like six months ago or so so maybe this calculation ws not used then but it is longest wait plus shortest wait divided by two.(as of 3-5 weeks ago)
Jake
Interesting....thanks, yeah my information came from Amie herself, though it is possible they have changed their production process.
Randy
Rook:
The simplest answer is to call Axiom and find out for sure!
Man, I didn't even think of that
Based on our upcoming production schedules and our current order backlog for Factory Seconds, the "wait time" below lists when you should expect delivery on the model of your choice. Click to pre-order and you're guaranteed the product of your choice! Your credit card is charged at the time of ordering to reserve your speakers, and multiple-piece orders are shipped when everything is ready, unless you contact us to arrange differently.
Randy,
I know what the website says but that note has been at the top of the factory outlet product list for a while and i just went through the process. so i speak from experience.
Jake
Agreed, as does everyone that owns Axioms. I agree with Mark, as to get it right from the horses mouth.
I just ordered. They indeed average the listed wait times and send it then. Of course, my order hasn't been delivered yet...but that's what Brent told me on the phone.
In fact, I can verify that they take the average of all the ship dates for each order, then ship it out on that date. Beside the fact that I was told directly via email, I also took it to the calendar to see. I ordered a pair of QS8, M60s, and the VP150 all through the FO on Feb 18th. The VP150 had a one week wait, the MT60s had an eight week wait, and the QS8s had a 16 week wait, but I was told all of them will ship out on March 23rd, which is about an 8 week wait. I am hoping for an earlier ship date though
See Randy I told you lol. Just kiddin'