Gyah! Is there really a strike in France holding up my Focals?

Ice · 8th May 2008

Okay, so I'm in a pickle. I wanted to upgrade my monitors from my crappy KRK's and I had limited funding. With my credit line with Guitar Center and available capital, I was able to grab a pair of Solo6's through GCPro. Turns out their Americal supplier was out of stock and were waiting on a shipment from France. Now I hear from Guitar Center that there's a strike in France that could hold things up for however long. What gives?

LeMauce · 8th May 2008

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Originally Posted by Ice

Okay, so I'm in a pickle. I wanted to upgrade my monitors from my crappy KRK's and I had limited funding. With my credit line with Guitar Center and available capital, I was able to grab a pair of Solo6's through GCPro. Turns out their Americal supplier was out of stock and were waiting on a shipment from France. Now I hear from Guitar Center that there's a strike in France that could hold things up for however long. What gives?

Well im totally not aware of a strikes in the postmen sections. Strikes in the trainsection is monthly here. Strange that they in rund out of stock. Perhaps because Focal is changing there line-up/models, and whant to ship those out?

davet · 8th May 2008

It wouldn't surprise me if there was a strike of some kind going on in France. They're new president is trying very hard to change the work culture. The workers are resisting. "What, you want to me work a 40 hour week"?

divingduck · 8th May 2008

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Originally Posted by Ice

I hear from Guitar Center that there's a strike in France that could hold things up for however long. What gives?

Business as usual n'est-ce pas?

(they'll be worth the wait)

Volodia · 8th May 2008

No strike going on at the moment but a lot of bank holidays . This week and last week there were three working days ( and with the law on 35h a lot of people took their wednesday off so that made two days work a week) .

Things are very slow in may in France .

Ice · 9th May 2008

Hmm...Well, thanks for some local insight. I'm hoping to get them soon. I was originally told May 6th and then had a disheartening talk with my sales person with him having no idea when to expect them. I'm crossing my fingers!

Regards,
Daniel

FocalPro · 9th May 2008

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Originally Posted by Ice

Okay, so I'm in a pickle. I wanted to upgrade my monitors from my crappy KRK's and I had limited funding. With my credit line with Guitar Center and available capital, I was able to grab a pair of Solo6's through GCPro. Turns out their Americal supplier was out of stock and were waiting on a shipment from France. Now I hear from Guitar Center that there's a strike in France that could hold things up for however long. What gives?

Hey!

Yep, there is unfortunatly a strike at the port of Marseilles, from where the containers are shipped from to go to our Montreal facility.

As you can see here :

Le Figaro - Economie : La grève des agents du Portde Marseille déclarée illégale

(it's in french, sorry, only link I could find)

Fortunatly, the strike was declared illegal and they are suppose to start their activities back shortly. Can you imagine the backlog?

We're trying to reroute the containers to a different port but it's not easy...

Thanks for your patience!

Simon @ Focal

Slaytex · 9th May 2008

Awesome... So does this mean that my pair of Solo's are going up in price since there is no more supply?

Sorry, I couldn't resist.
I know what it's like waiting on them, as I had to wait a month or 2 to get my pair made before receiving them. It's worth the wait though.