I prefer to buy direct. On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Have you tried Amazon for distribution? > > > > I have no idea how that works, but I do notice a large variety of odd > things now available via amazon, some with free 2-day shipping. > > > > Honestly, the distro model is dead except the large players like Amazon > now, and good riddance. > > > > At least Amazon can have some accountability and rating/feedback that > helps buyers etc. > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List Account) > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 5, 2017 3:32 PM > *To:* af <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Jeff Evans query? > > > > I'm getting really sick of distributors asking me for a deep discount, > extended length net terms, and to drop ship all of their orders to their > customers. There's a reason why we haven't gone down this path. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Distributors that dont maintain accurate web based on hand/out of stock > are the devils condom. I hate them. The only thing worse is the ones that > lie and you get an order in with a "drop ship from mfg" F those guys, they > take your money right quick, thats for sure > > > > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 10:27 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > We offer dry storage, sequestered inventory and order fulfillment to all > distributors so they can stock at our warehouse, ship from our warehouse, > and keep from paying double freight (for the galvanized steel parts). Some > take advantage of this and some don't. > > -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 9:26 AM > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Jeff Evans query? > > We try, our restock level is approx equivalent to a 30 day inventory, but > we > are constantly having runs on one particular part or another and then when > a > distributor wants something dropped we don't have it and they attempt to > blame us. > > The main reason to use a two tier distribution network is so that the > distributors have inventory, not us. That is how they add value. > Otherwise > I would just sell direct. > > We build to forecast and to order but the channel that stocks is the > channel > that gets the sales. > > Some of our distributors are much better than than others with this. > > -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hoppes > Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 9:22 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Jeff Evans query? > > Wouldn't this be on you to make sure you have proper stock levels to > absorb the 20-30 day time frames? > > I know there have been times when I've waited to get mounts because they > were drop shipping but "we didn't know when the supplier would have the > parts in". > > On 12/5/17 11:14 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > I got a note from a guy saying that Jeff Evans was looking for stock on > our tower mount products. > Some of our distributors stock, some don’t. We have most of the stuff on > our e-commerce site but it is MSRP. You get discounts from going to the > distributors. > Not sure if there was a specific product in question or not. I don’t have > visibility into the inventory levels of my distributors so I can never > answer as to what they may or may not have. If you hit me off list I can > give an opinion as to who may have them. > I will say this: those distributors that do stock sell much more than > those that don’t and expect us to drop ship for them. We may not always > have the stuff depending on production cycles. We have a huge unknown in > the cycle due to the galvanization. Sometimes the company that dips the > parts can turn them around in 2-3 days, other times it is 20 or 30 days. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Forrest Christian* *CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > > Tel: 406-449-3345 <(406)%20449-3345> | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, > Helena, MT 59602 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=3577+Countryside+Road,+Helena,+MT+59602&entry=gmail&source=g> > > [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > >
