Why do companies run out of stock?

[cyberwolf]

I've gotten two non-ecig shipments from China lately and they both took over 20 days. It's difficult to deal with that kind of supply chain on a commodity item.

[Kewtsquirrel]

A good chinese shipper should have you back in stock inside of a business week, I routinely order stuff on a Monday and have it show up on my doorstep Friday afternoon.

Beyond that though, it has to do more with inconsistancy of orders than anything else. I'll have weeks where I get 20-30 orders for 3-4 connectors each, and then I'll have weeks where I ship out maybe 20 connectors total. (at least in my case) Running low margins means that I can't keep a huge stock on hand without cutting into other funds or going in to debt.

With the margins on most e-cig stuff though, a solid company should have a decent stock on hand, the margins are pretty damned fat and anyone beyond the startup phase should know that not re-investing profits will chase the business elsewhere.

[catlvr]

then they would go from retailers to druglords lmao , if it becomes illegal im sure they still wont have a problem getting rid of it, ill take most of it from them lol

Same here! No problemo lol.