What is back ordered merchandise??

Question

what is back ordered merchandise?

i bought some things off jcpenny.com and when i made my order it says.

Your order contains back ordered merchandise. In stock and back-ordered items will be consolidated and ship on 08/04/2008.

Answer 1

Back ordered means they have to make an order out to the manufacturer or the warehouse, the items are not in stock at the site they ship from. So there may be a slight delay (they gave you a date, which is nice) and in this case they are saving both you and them money by waiting to ship everything together.