Just say that waiting for great Indian consumers.
Severe semiconductor deficiencies and quick rebound demand in the global economy have produced a long-time waiting period in many categories of consumer products such as cars, SUVs, equipment and electronics.
The shortcomings came only a few days before the emergence of Navratra and a public celebration piled over the coming weeks and leading to Diwali, Christmas and New Year.
Antreus antrustation runs into a few months if many products – even half a year for some popular are the same as customers scramble to get shipping during the celebration period, especially because of the expensive prices and inputs).
They may have to come out more if retail prices are higher at the time of delivery.
The wait has built various products, ranging from hatchbacks such as Maruti Swift and Hyundai i10, to enter the Nissan Magnite SUV and the more Premium Hyundai Creta, and Kia Seltos, and ran to a luxury car from Toyota and Mercedes Benz.
Kingdom for shipping is outside Autos: If you are looking to buy a new RS 1 Lakhplus iPhone 13 from Apple India’s online store, there is a waiting period for almost a month.
Many buyers listed on the cos waiting place ‘brand ImageSony’s Playstation 5 shows’ out of stock’ on the company’s official website.
This is the same situation for premium sellers such as Dyson’s V11 Vacuum Cleaner carrying a one-month wait, and the washing machine and the imported refrigerator from Bosch Siemens who brought a long wait period.
Like customers, companies are equally frustrated, especially because they have to face wrath not only their dealers, but in the same size customer.
Many registered buyers waiting to end in frustration on social media, damaging the brand’s reputation.
“I’ve never seen this kind of situation in my long career,” Director & Marketing Maruti) Shashank Srivastava told TI.
“The waiting period is cross model, for almost all manufacturers.
The company is stressed due to supply constraints.” The lack of semiconductor saw Maruti announced a 40% reduction in production for October, more than and above a large 60% discount in September.
“We have a delayed shipping backlog of 2.15 lakh cars,” said Srivastava.
The Hyundai delivery list that is waiting is about 1 lakh car, KIA 75,000, 25,000 Nissan, and 14,000 Toyota.
The waiting is in all producers, which also includes Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Toyota who sell models such as Fortuner and Innova.
Points worry for customers is that prices have risen, and an average increase of around 5% since the beginning of this year.
Martin Schwenk, MD from Mercedes-Benz India, said there was a “unprecedented request” and the waiting list ranged from four weeks to 32 weeks.
On the electronic side, the situation remains equally difficult when it comes to fulfilling a strong order flow.
Meghna Singh, Director at Aptronix – Apple’s largest retailer who has 47 stores – said unprecedented requests.
“The new iPhone 13 sees we sell most of the initial stock in just 2-3 days.
The demand is still higher than inventory, and there is a possibility that you might not get certain variants or colors easily.” Neeraj Bahl, MD from BSH equipment.
Housekeeping, said the situation was difficult.
The company said they have communicated with customers regarding backlogs and difficult situations to “maintain transparency and trust”.