So frustrated right now

[free3dom]

Our vendors are infinitely smaller than all the suppliers of cigarettes and tobacco in general. Of course they have to keep stock levels low, because there is no way they can handle the write-off of 20+ bottles of e-liquid that don't get sold - it could put them out of business. They do a fantastic job, but imported liquids will always have supply problems - find something local and buy the international stuff when it is available.

And Hi-Fi Corp...really? You are comparing a company that sells to a niche market to a mainstream franchise?

And as @Alex said, you don't need to buy the fancy stuff...that's a choice you make. Plan ahead (it's possible, with just a little bit of thought) and/or buy more frequently available juices - I've personally never in my 6+ months of vaping gotten a single "out of stock" message on any juice I've wanted.

 

[MurderDoll]

Some of us lower class people dont have the luxury of planning ahead, you might say we should then vape cheaper juice.. But thats not the point.

True analogues came in 2 flavours, but that also depended on brand.. But we accepted that because that was they way it was.

Now we have choices. What would it hurt vendors to just import 50 more bottles? How much money do they ultimately lose from customers buying somewhere else that do have stock?

To me this situation is a lot like walking into a Vida e Cafe and they turn you away because they dont have enough beans to make you a espresso... There is a high demand for coffee, so they make sure they order enough stock from their suppliers.

Vendors should notice trends, note what sells more and then order accordingly. If you see for example you sold 50 bottles of 6MG Sucker Punch the 1st week of the month, order 60 or 70 the next, if they dont sell it, it will move the next month.

Im not fighting, just voicing my opinion Please dont hate me.

Although there is one Vendor that has been doing a great job at keeping me quite happy

The problem comes in that some of the vendors start off on their own. They don't have any financial backing to get the business of the ground. So they are forced to start with importing small amounts and as the stock sells, they can then keep adding to their orders.
Its a slow process, but its a way that works.

Unfortunately at the same time, they can't just order more stock either if they see on or two of their brands sell well. This being that their money has been invested in the other lines they brought in.

Say for example.

They brought in 4 lines, Namely A, B, C and D
Thats 80 bottles.
Say A and D sell really well (So well that they get all sold.)
And between B and C they only sell 10.
That means that there are still 30 bottles that they sitting with when their next order is placed. So they don't order B and C but an extra 5 of each of A and D.

See where Im going with this?

 

[MurderDoll]

ha ha. I see @free3dom was pretty much thinking along the same lines as me and beat me to the punchline.

 

[free3dom]

ha ha. I see @free3dom was pretty much thinking along the same lines as me and beat me to the punchline.

Hahaha, I hate when that happens...typing out a long and intricate message and by the time you post it...someone else got there first

But having it said twice does help drive the point home...the vendors are doing a fantastic job and need to run their businesses successfully so they can keep doing business. Otherwise we'd have no juice at all and that would suck much more