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RuddStuff Specialties delivery problems?

bronco italiano

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On Dec 12th, I ordered some shock mount tabs from RuffStuff with a follow-up call a few days later to check on the order status.
Was told it would be sent out the next day.
I only live 67 miles from the place.
No email response/return calls/tracking number
Has anyone else had issues?
 

JB Fab

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Countless order placed with Ruffstuff, never had an issue. All the little parts and pieces, I'm amazed how accurate their order-pulling is.
 

Ol'Blue

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My dad ordered me a diff cover for xmas and it came on time with no issues. Good luck!
 

Apogee

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They've always shipped pretty quickly on my orders, with only one exception I can think of over the years, but it is the holidays, so I imagine it's quite possible that they're currently short-staffed like most other places due to end of year PTO and such.
 

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They have been going through some recent website updates and their descriptions do not always match the photo or what they send. After many calls, they made things right and sent the full kit. I had to hound them. This was last month.

I would order from them again, but I will not trust the "what's included in the kit" parts list and will base my selection based on photo and item title.
 
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bronco italiano

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Sent a message through the website yesterday.
I just tried to call, was on hold about 5 minutes, and then the "all representatives are busy assisting other customers..." comment came on.
I don't understand
 
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bronco italiano

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-The lack of communication is what bothers me.
-On Jan 12th, if I don't have the product, I will file a CC complaint, and RuffStuff may not like that, but they will have earned it at that point given the effort put forth to try and resolve this on my end.
 
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bronco italiano

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Spoke with a gentleman at RuffStuff just now.
-They had their lines updated last week and that caused problems with internet messages and phone contact
-He did check the warehouse and the tabs were out of stock and waiting for order to arrive this week or next
-I explained what I was told the second week of December when I called and the floor staff had not communicated that they were all out.
-I am glad I was able to speak with someone and we will see when they arrive.
 

stout22

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I hate to tell you but they have told me twice that everything I orderd should be in stock within 1-2 weeks. That was calls 2 weeks apart.
 

landshark99

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I realize allot of folks have had great experiences with Ruff Stuff over the years, iI myself have bought thousands of dollars worth of parts, supplies and more from them. However, this recent order, its a small order, spring perches, set of weld on caliper brackets and a few threaded weld washers was placed on Dec 29. I have been strung along ever since. At first it was the same as Bronco Italiano - waiting for "their supplier" and supposed to be in this Tuesday, that was two weeks in.. then they completely stopped communicating until I received a form letter (email) stating they are having supply issues and delays, that was almost two weeks ago..

no update, no option - ie. "we will ship you what we have and refund what we don't", nothing - 6 weeks in.

I will be calling again today - and sourcing my parts or having them made elsewhere.

This isn't specfic to bronco parts by the way - I know several builders who have stopped doing business with RuffStuff due to excessive delays, months on end.

This is the second time they have done this to me, the previous order - about a year ago took 5 weeks and several emails to get things shipped.. "we forgot"
 

1969miller

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I wish i could shop there more, they seem to never have anything in stock anymore. Always waiting on something. I live a little over an hour from them but was in the neighborhood last friday and stopped in. They had no tubing, no 7/8 heims, no leaf spring perches, no leaf spring top plates. All i went home with was a high steer arm and some bungs. Their google reviews have been entertaining to read lately.
As much as i hated to, i started shopping with barnes a little bit. Good stuff so far. But it is looking like i will need to find another good source locally for DOM tubing.
 

kevscj5

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I placed an order on January 11 with Ruff Stuff and still have not received it.
I too have received a similar message about "high volume of orders" and "parts availability delays".

I'll be reaching out to them again today.
 

Qumanchew

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Something has definitely changed in their operation. I've bought from them multiple times over the years with good results, but my last order was terrible. I ordered some parts way ahead of time, so I wasn't in any rush. Well, it gets to be 3 weeks and still no parts. I emailed and called multiple times over the course of a week with no reply. I finally get an email back saying the parts were out of stock but will be shipped out next week. Ok, that would have been fine if it happened. It didn't. I got the runaround for two more weeks before I cancelled the order. The kicker is that I checked back on the website and it would still show the the parts as in stock.
 
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