DSF

All of the suppliers are suffering under capitalisation problems. The pound has dropped nearly 20% on the dollar over the last couple of years, and they can't hold the stock they used to.

Several of my things have gone out of stock whether it's UK made mug boxes or Adkins heat blankets, people are getting ready for Christmas. Mug presses will go out of stock over the next month too, just as they do every year.

My biggest annoyance is 'replacement stock'. Try out a new product as a sample purchases, do your test prints, then the next batch is a crappy alternative. I'm going to do the research on alibaba myself next time and buy direct.

Just had an update from this supplier. The item my customer has ordered with me is now sold out with the supplier and they're not getting any more in!!

I now have to refund the customer, bloody annoyed.

I asked about all of the other products that are showing zero in stock, might be sold out, might be on order, what a waste of time that exercise was. Best thing I can do is close the Christmas section on my website. I've spent money on Facebook boosting this, boy am I annoyed.

https://www.printequipment.de/en/themat ... christmas/

Maybe this will help. Supplies over here dont seem to be a problem Yet. We dont tend to go crazy for xmas until end of november.

This is more Xmas clothing/gifts than sublimation.

Then try these...
https://shop.l-shop-team.de/en/home/
https://www.top-tex.de/catalog/category ... t=main_img

Just wondering how everyone is getting on with stock levels? We placed an order 10 days ago with one of our suppliers and suddenly remembered it hadn't come through. A quick call and i find out the products are out of stock until Tuesday and Friday next week! Why on earth can't some suppliers let you know!

Then I go to another supplier, products out of stock. Not back in until January due to issues with Chinese factories being shut down and coating issues!

We try to keep a good stock but every now and then get a run on something. I can't justify having large amounts of dead stock sat on the shelf but we're finding more and more that stock is taking longer if we can indeed get it at all!

really would be good to see a stock level indicator on a companies website along with a low stock warning email for items we've bought in the past. Surely this would help them sell more! Maybe living in cloud cuckoo land but would be great to have a list of common products here on the forum along with quantities available per supplier.

Justin, did you just copy this from a 2017 November post, or 2016 November post or .... :biggrin:

Totally agree Justin.
We are having the same problems here.

Everything out of stock with most suppliers. Surely they know what sells this time of year. Why don’t they stock up earlier


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I have just gone to order some MDF Hang signs from Longeforte as these are very popular. They are not on the website! I think the suppliers are very unprofessional. I pay someone to make our templates and it takes time to get the items listed on our shop!