RokStok

[JF_Idaho]

What industry do you work in that a quote of 120 days includes weekends and holidays?

What? Are you even being serious?

When you get a bill or an invoice that's due in 30 days does that mean you have 6 weeks to pay it? "Sorry I thought you meant 30 workdays...."

"I only work one day a week, so your 120 day lead time is really 120 weeks...."

 

[Formidilosus]

What are you guys talking about?

Who is behind on their stock? If you are behind, have you called UM and asked Cody?

 

[flyfisher117]

What types of industries give quote timelines not including weekends and holidays? Honest question... I mean if I say 6 months there is 48 weekend days involved not to mention holidays. So should I expect to get my customer taken care of in 7.5-8 months? Is there some sort of special chart a customer should reference?

If I own a resturant and order equipment and am told that I will have it in 120 days should I correct the manufacture and say you actually mean 156 days because of weekends and holidays? Are we talking bank holidays or just major holidays like christmas? What if the manufacture doesnt celebrate xmas do we subtract a day?

In the world of manufacturing I work in. With the hundreds of quotes I have personally dealt with. I have never seen a quote in hundreds of days that includes weekends. I have also never dealt with a customer that expected that either. Or maybe I’m just lucky and never had a customer complain about the hundreds of thousands of dollars they were losing.

Granted usually when we get into hundreds of days we quote weeks or months.

 

[flyfisher117]

What? Are you even being serious?

When you get a bill or an invoice that's due in 30 days does that mean you have 6 weeks to pay it? "Sorry I thought you meant 30 workdays...."

"I only work one day a week, so your 120 day lead time is really 120 weeks...."

Invoices calendar days.

Quotes to send/receive a product business days.

Maybe the industry we work is odd.

 

[lak2004]

In the world of manufacturing I work in. With the hundreds of quotes I have personally dealt with. I have never seen a quote in hundreds of days that includes weekends. I have also never dealt with a customer that expected that either. Or maybe I’m just lucky and never had a customer complain about the hundreds of thousands of dollars they were losing.

Granted usually when we get into hundreds of days we quote weeks or months.

This makes no sense. If I'm manufacturing something that takes me 30 business days, I would quote 6 weeks as lead time. That simple and not confusing like breaking the calendar apart. I'd be annoyed as hell with that method, glad I don't deal with that kind of crap.

 

[lak2004]

Invoices calendar days.

Quotes to send/receive a product business days.

Maybe the industry we work is odd.

Extremely

 

[WCT3]

In the world of manufacturing I work in. With the hundreds of quotes I have personally dealt with. I have never seen a quote in hundreds of days that includes weekends. I have also never dealt with a customer that expected that either. Or maybe I’m just lucky and never had a customer complain about the hundreds of thousands of dollars they were losing.

Granted usually when we get into hundreds of days we quote weeks or months.

I work in construction and lead times given in days are business days, anything over 10 days is given in weeks.

 

[The Guide]

Did you know that it is 120 days from the day they close the order window and doesn't start until after they submit the order to Stockys? Do you think that they are sending individual orders to the manufacturer for each stock?

Jay

 

[2buffalo]

Did you know that it is 120 days from the day they close the order window and doesn't start until after they submit the order to Stockys? Do you think that they are sending individual orders to the manufacturer for each stock?

Jay

Why not if they are keeping them rolling in at a fast enough pace?

 

[flyfisher117]

This makes no sense. If I'm manufacturing something that takes me 30 business days, I would quote 6 weeks as lead time. That simple and not confusing like breaking the calendar apart. I'd be annoyed as hell with that method, glad I don't deal with that kind of crap.

I agree. But there is no quote of weeks. Anywhere. Except for optional coating. So it did strike me as odd. 120 days + optional weeks.

Hence my original question if they are looking at from a 120 business days perspective.

 

[The Guide]

Why not if they are keeping them rolling in at a fast enough pace?

Because that's how mistakes happen and errors are made. A manufacturer accepts orders in batches not as individual orders. I'm sure that there is a minimum order number that has to be placed. Once an order is placed, you can't just add on an extra one for "ol' Bob" with out doing a change order. Change orders often cost extra and loses your place in line. Manufacturing is not like retail sales. A manufacturer may accept your order based on them having enough raw materials to make your wigit. They order or allocate materials to make your widget. You put in a change order and now they dont have enough materials to make all of your order so it gets bumped until more materials get delivered. There is a lot more that goes into making an order than just a credit card number and hit submit.

Jay

 

[Speaks]

Im pretty sure all three of mine came within the stated window and at least one a month and a half early.

Ive been nothing short of impressed with their service. I get the pre order issues but throughout 2025 they seemed great.

This is a small batch semi custom product.

 

[HuntHarder]

In the world of manufacturing I work in. With the hundreds of quotes I have personally dealt with. I have never seen a quote in hundreds of days that includes weekends. I have also never dealt with a customer that expected that either. Or maybe I’m just lucky and never had a customer complain about the hundreds of thousands of dollars they were losing.

Granted usually when we get into hundreds of days we quote weeks or months.

You must be in a unique industry. Everywhere i have ever been, 30 days is 30 days. They don't exclude weekends or holidays.

 

[9487329]

I will admit that I was a bit bummed to see the 120 days quote on the product page, then a month and a half after ordering, getting a new 120 days quote in an email. I get what they meant now, but it wasn't what I had assumed from the phrasing on the product page. Life goes on.

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

I think when they were selling out in a few hours / days and put the full batch order into Stocky's in that sort of time frame it was closer to personal order date + 120 calendar days. Now that they're selling more slowly a clarification around what triggers lead time is probably in order. Mine from the 5/19/25 order open date were shipped at 109 and 120 calendar days. Believe they sold that drop out in 2-3 days?

 

[JDMBEND]

“Under promise and over deliver” is the best advice I ever got regarding business and life.
I think UM learned this lesson and does a pretty good job of making happy customers.

 

[passinggas33]

Changing topics from the shipping conversation…
Does anybody has a picture of a Rokstock or lite with a mini arca in front the action screws (balance point)? Wondering how it will look. Thanks.

 

[WOOD5045]

Changing topics from the shipping conversation…
Does anybody has a picture of a Rokstock or lite with a mini arca in front the action screws (balance point)? Wondering how it will look. Thanks.

@passinggas33 Here ya go.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

Well, I don’t like hearing this right after I just ordered my first. However, I am still very excited and hope that the QC isn’t missed on the group mine’s in.

Same,i ordered mine with a new tikka that’s getting nitride.
Said 120 days and 6 weeks for nitride .Im not even worried about but will talk to them before it ships and verify everything.
I expect it to be put together well and expect it will be.
I’m excited to get it!

 

[WCT3]

@passinggas33 Here ya go.

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How is that for hand carrying? I had my old stock set up like that but I was mostly using a Gunbearer or Slik Sling then