Because of the number of people who do not read the shipping policy and order things a week prior to needing them for some special occasion, effective immediately, all martial arts products will now be considered special order items and are subject to up to four week normal delivery time. If you can not deal with this, do not order the item.
I'm sorry to have to take this step. However, everything is slow right now. Everyone is tightening their belt and ordering less than they did a year or so ago. It takes more orders to make a minimum order from my suppliers, therefore, I do not order as often (daily) as I once did. So, if you plan to order something at 7pm on Thursday, don't be calling and emailing me wondering where it is by Tuesday. All this does is cause frustration for you and me both, and cost me additional time dealing with the repeat emails and phone messages, leaving less time to solve these issues.
The new items that will be showing up soon will be drop-ship items, and this special order status will not affect those items.
I'm sorry for the trouble this may cause to my loyal customers, but it is necessary in the current economic climate and with the nature of the few demanding and expectant 'customers' who order from this website.
Brad