You could contact your rep at your favorite distributor and request that they stock certain items. Either the distributors or Chuck seem like they’re waiting for a minimum economic order quantity before ordering or making more.
It seems to me that Chuck probably has too many different products. Yes, someone out there loves each of them, but the end result seems to be nobody is stocking any of them. In the M-TOW family, there probably needs to be a handful of popular, stocked items, and the rest are build-to-order perhaps with a minimum order quantity. Do we really need both 6 and 10 inch M-TOWs? Do we really need 24, 36 and 48 inch M-TOW-Ps? Could some of the items be made modular so you could buy the parts and build several variants? If some of the items have total annual sales of less than 100, maybe they should be eliminated or relegated to special order only. I would also guess that the surge suppressor products are less of a problem for the distributors, because they are neither big nor heavy. And it helps that most of us are probably standardizing on the CAT6 (gas tube) versions, eliminating the need for the LV and HV versions. But the M-TOWs are probably a pain in the butt to stock and ship. I guess another approach would be to use a distributor more used to selling big hot dip galvanized items, like Sitepro1. They do sell third party items. But maybe there would be the temptation on their part to copy the best selling items and have them made in China. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 7:18 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Source for 2x M-TOW-P-24 Right but when it's 6 weeks short? How can you simply not have stock for so long. And it seems like no one has them now, so how long is the build from order to ship? On Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 7:16 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > wrote: I honestly don’t know why there is ever a shortage of our products other than distributors not placing large enough stocking orders. It isn’t rocket surgery to keep track of your run rates and look for trends. But inventory is cash sitting on the shelf. I do understand. But I am still going to keep building to order rather than to forecast. From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> ] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 4:47 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Source for 2x M-TOW-P-24 I saw that some doctor was saying that politicizing face masks was like politicizing toilet paper. Maybe that’s your answer. Convince half the people to refuse to use TP. Then there will be plenty for us. My local grocery store has an entire aisle of the Northern Quilted 3-ply Ultra Plush, it’s like Kleenex for your butt. Except they are all the Maxi rolls. I need someone to use half of each roll and then send them to me. Those giant rolls are like the rolls of paper you see on newspaper printing presses. I have to set them on the vanity top because they don’t fit in the roll holder on the wall, and with all the hand washing we’re supposed to be doing, you risk a full roll of toilet paper getting wet. I suppose I could mount an M-TOW to the wall as a toilet paper roll holder. Except everybody’s out of M-TOWs. (actually I saw a couple on eBay. Regular M-TOWs, not the P version.) From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 4:49 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Source for 2x M-TOW-P-24 Ive been getting my TP at a janitorial supply here in town through this whole thing, 48 rolls at a time, cheaper than walmart, really soft without leaving any furballs. Theyve had that, sanitizer, masks, etc throughout. People are weird. Imma cut some people when i find out whose been buying up all the pork ramen noodles though. Rice never loses any nutrient or taste as long as it stays dry, honey, sugar, salt are the same, theres 2 other things I dont remember. beans do something with their protein but still last a long time. I keep 20lbs rice for each person in the house packed in 2 cup packages in sealed buckets. If anybody happens to see me toting yellow buckets really quick, id recomend running for the hills. Morton pool salt is a good salt to store, its washed salt so theres no debris, pure salt and msds foodsafe. If it hit the fan, MTOWs would be pretty versatile building components for many parts of the necessary trebuchets, but we wont be able to scavenge them from vendor warehouses since they arent there On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 6:04 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com <mailto:af...@kwisp.com> > wrote: Most of the shortages seem to have abated. Still hard to find toilet paper if you don't want the MEGA rolls (because they don't fit on your holders). The most persistent shortage seems to be canned fruit. I'm thinking it's actually the cans that are in short supply, not the fruit. Although you'd think all the fruit would be canned in late summer or fall and then warehoused. Supposedly white rice and dried beans are good basically forever, no matter what the expiration date may say. -----Original Message----- From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf Of Robert Andrews Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:10 PM To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Source for 2x M-TOW-P-24 2020 has been the preppers dream, bad enough for justification, not bad enough for actual desperation... On 10/09/2020 01:46 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Many are. > *From:* James Howard > *Sent:* Friday, October 9, 2020 2:28 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Source for 2x M-TOW-P-24 > > So basically preppers? > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > *On > Behalf Of *ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > *Sent:* Friday, October 9, 2020 2:53 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com > <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Source for 2x M-TOW-P-24 > > 12 month... > > *From:*Ken Hohhof > > *Sent:*Friday, October 9, 2020 1:14 PM > > *To:*'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > > *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Source for 2x M-TOW-P-24 > > Chuck probably figures we keep the standard LDS 3 month supply in our > pantry. > > *From:*AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Friday, October 9, 2020 1:54 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com > <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Source for 2x M-TOW-P-24 > > I totally agree, the drop shipping thing drives me nuts. > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:30 PM can...@believewireless.net > <mailto:can...@believewireless.net> > <p...@believewireless.net <mailto:p...@believewireless.net> > wrote: > > If distributors won't stock your product, why keep them around? If > you are drop shipping everything, then why not just > > sell direct and get rid of distributors? What value are they adding > to your business other than an easy way for customers > > to order your product? > > I'd order from you directly if it was the only way to get your products. > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:52 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > > wrote: > > Not entirely their fault, some of them do stock. We did have a > gap in production of a few weeks a while back but nothing a bit > of safety stock would not cure. > > I offer them all virtual warehouse space at zero cost. They can > stock it here and drop ship from here. But still, cash must be > too tight for them to do that. > > *From:*Josh Luthman > > *Sent:*Friday, October 9, 2020 11:30 AM > > *To:*AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Source for 2x M-TOW-P-24 > > *sigh* daily struggle > > Josh Luthman > 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:28 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com > <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > wrote: > > Only thing wrong is distributors do not like to tie up cash > in inventory. > > *From:*Josh Luthman > > *Sent:*Friday, October 9, 2020 11:23 AM > > *To:*AFMUG > > *Subject:*[AFMUG] Source for 2x M-TOW-P-24 > > Streakwave nor CTI seem to have any source for them. 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