Enamel sublimation mugs.

[socialgiraffe]

SubliBlanks are in the middle of moving warehouses

Again?

Email from them on 03 October stating
"We will be fully operational from here from the 13th of October"

Then there is the one from April
"yes, you can come and visit us anytime and see the machine in action in our showroom, however we are in the process of moving premises right now so could you wait a few weeks"


As much as I have sympathy for suppliers, he is either telling pork pies or moves rather a lot...

[GoonerGary]

Maybe he hasn't removed the red banner from his webstore yet...not sure.

[Andrew]

SubliBlanks are in the middle of moving warehouses, so you have to give them a bit of slack if they can't pick up the phone. As for enamel mugs, well they have become fashionable on NOTHS I suspect; so that once obscure crap quality blank is now selling as a fashionable accessory with it's natural quirky flaws. I'm going to find a bearded hipster model, photograph him with his enamel mug with his outdoor boots and lumberjack coat and buy up all the stock when it arrives in March....ready for Christmas 2017.

Sounds like someone is jealous they can't grow a good beard I do like the line about "natural quirky flaws". I have never heard such a polite way of calling something crap. Will have to borrow that one when the wife comments on the state I look after one of the upcoming Xmas parties. It's just my natural quirky flaws darling!

[Andrew]

I used to get annoyed when suppliers ran out of stock but accepted that I expected them to hold a substantial level with added contingency just so I didn't have any outlay myself. Still do it a bit now on stock I know I use constantly. Leave it run right out before ordering and expecting next day delivery. If I find myself out of stock, I accept it is my fault for not running with a set buffer allowing time to replenish when needed. Most of the suppliers are small businesses with little margin. Have loads of stuff sat in a warehouse that hardly sells until one day someone has struck a deal and wants loads of one product that usually they sell 1 or 2 a week on. They also have to predict a couple of months ahead and pay for orders upfront mostly.

Metal sheets was the one last year for us where no one had stock for 2 months. Only 2 suppliers worldwide for this. One had a problem so all orders went through the other main supplier and stock dried up. Learnt my lesson for this year and buy 1000 at a time and reorder when I have a few hundred left.

If I run out of stock it's generally my fault as I could have held more. I just don't want to tie cashflow up. Can't have it all ways.