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Originally Posted by Big Bird
Makes me wonder if taotao got hit hard with covid or something because all the other brands seem to be getting inventory. They usually sell as fast as they get them but I have seen Boom, Apollo,trailmaster stuff come into stock on websites. Nothing from taotao though.
I remember one of the dealers I talked to in may said taotao was out of helmets at the same time as vehicles. Probably why they are shipping them by the container full. Seems the quads and bikes should be coming too though so kinda weird.
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Tao Canada got a shipment of vehicles back in May.
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Originally Posted by Deckard_Cain
Well, Q9 is a distributer, same as any other dealer/seller that is "distributing" the product. lol. If they are making sound like they are special, I'm not aware of why or how they would be any different than say, TXpowersports, or wmsbrighton ...
I just checked 6 dealers and all are out of stock. Only one gave even a remotely confident answer as to when they would be seeing more; Blue Line Industries out of Florida says mid-July on their Facebook page.
I think when they start to roll in, you'll see a few dealers getting their inventory at the same-ish time, but the websites won't update to reflect this, since those units will already be sold via pre-order.
I see it as completely plausible that Q9 has no frickin' clue when their containers of bikes are going to arrive; I order a lot of crap from overseas, mostly China, and I have 7 orders that tracking information makes no sense. Some of it says it left country of origin, some say they are Stateside already, but those statuses (stati? statusi?) have been that way for weeks upon weeks.
A lot of this may be the fiasco going on with shipping literally anything out of China, plus US customs. They are probably mandating a 14 day qaurantine of all the shipping containers too, if not a full decontamination process before the goods are allowed through.
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Q9 isn't acting like other dealers. They're saying they are a distributor that supplies other dealers.
As for when stuff arrives, these things aren't like stuff the general public orders where we just follow tracking info. They're on a schedule. Tao China knows exactly when they expect to ship and files with the freight company and US customs. When this happens they know pretty much to within a couple days as to when it will arrive in the US. Basically their given a schedule. US customs doesn't hold these containers for any given quarantine period. They basically scan them through because they know exactly what's in them. They just won't release them until someone pays them. All the info, the scheduling and what not can be tracked with the Bill of Lading. That's how I've been able to see when shipments are arriving. But finding the BOL is a pain because I don't want to pay for a service. There are services out there where you pay to access this info through US Customs.
Here's an example... Use this BOL to to see what comes up. :
NB0BF3901800
http://ecomm.one-line.com/ecom/CUP_H...&sessLocale=en
This is the helmets going to BCS.
Date
2020-06-22
Shipper Name
Zhejiang Taotao Vehicles Co Ltd
Shipper Address
NO 6 XINMIN RD XINBI ST JINYUN COUNTY LISHUI CHINA
Consignee Name
Bcs Intl C O Fuel Helmets
Consignee Address
1819, Saint George Street, Green Bay , Wisconsin, 54302
Weight
5637
Weight Unit
K
Weight in KG
5637.0
Quantity
3225
Quantity Unit
PKG
Shipment Origin
China
Details
5,637.0 kg
From port: Ningbo, China
To port: Port of Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington
Place of Receipt
Ningbo
Foreign Port of Lading
Ningbo, China
U.S. Port of Unlading
Port of Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington
U.S. Destination Port
Port of Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington
Commodity
HELMETS
Container
TCLU5488724
Carrier Name
PARISI GRAND SMOOTH LOGISTICS LTD
Vessel Name
MOL PREMIUM
Voyage Number
052E
Bill of Lading Number
PGDHNGBS009787
Master Bill of Lading Number
ONEY
NB0BF3901800
HTS Codes
HTS 6506.10