Freedom Footbags

On July 4th I received the following email from the Quantum03 Supplier:

Goods were sent today by air.
As goods will be on board from Hong Kong, I will give you the tracking no. in one or two days.
I was confirmed that goods will reach Nampa at around July 10th. So the time is really tight, but possible.

Then, on the 8th, four days later, I got the following:

Problem for the air shipping. Goods is still in HK waiting for loading… Shipping agent said the problem happens due to China Olympics.

Since I knew I was going to miss the deadline for getting shoes before the US Open Footbag Championships, I was put in a very difficult position. Seeing as how shipping by air costs nearly three times the amount shipping by sea does, we opted for the conservative approach and went for the sea option… Unfortunately this means the shoes won’t be arriving for another few weeks, but I simply couldn’t justify paying nearly $1000 for shipping something that was going to be late anyway. Now, we’re having them shipping directly to the nearest port: Portland, Oregon. I’m going to make the 6.5 hour drive to pick them up personally. When we do know the expected arrival date, we will update you here on our blog.

We had a nearly catastrophic problem last year at the World Championships: Our shoes had arrived in Los Angeles over three weeks before the tournament… But, due to unforeseen customs and train delays, they didn’t make it to Florida until the Friday before the finals weekend - the very last possible day.

We do sincerely apologize for the unexpected delay in shipping. As soon as we have a confirmed arrival date, we will set a hard deadline for the “pre-sale” pricing of the Quantum03 Footbag Shoe.

Peace.

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