In case you're waiting for a horn from the Far East.....

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In case you're waiting for a horn from the Far East.....

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Hi-
If you are one of the folks waiting for an instrument....amongst many, many other products.....to arrive from the Far East and keep thinking it is the importer's fault--think again....FYI....a huge mess...mark

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Dang, that sucks. Serious question -- how do German horns get delivered? Air cargo, or by boat "the long way"?
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Re: In case you're waiting for a horn from the Far East.....

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... and that's only part of the problem. The shale oil in the Northern tier of the Midwest has been using all of the rail capacity that it can get its hands on. Several of my clients in the Great Lakes region are having difficulty getting their supplies from/products into the rail traffic system.
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