Why Does Alice In Vapeland Make It So Hard To Order?

[dirky]

Anyone know why? I love Zombie Apocalypse and haven't been able to find it locally anymore, and finally a shop told me that to order it you have to go online between certain times to order. Sure enough, I looked it up and you can only order from noon on Tuesday through noon on Wednesday.

This is the most random way of online shopping I've come across. Whyyyyy?

 

[Underwhelmed]

Because people put up with it, so they can.

It's nothing new, alien Visions was doing it (and may still be, IDK) with their site last year.

It feeds the hype.

 

[v1k1ng1001]

I agree that it's stupid but I suppose it allows a small business to schedule through production, packaging and shipping more efficiently. I know they service many B&Ms so perhaps they are still focusing on that.

It also creates a sense of scarcity among consumers so the higher prices seem justified when one can actually procure a bottle.

 

[dirky]

The 2 best shops around me don't carry it. One said they never did because it was too hard to get, the other used to carry it and said it became a pain for them so they stopped ordering.

I can see this driving B&M shops away. They are staying on top of inventory all the time, I can see that it would be too annoying to want to deal with to see that you need more stock on thursday and then need someone to remember to order on tuesday.

 

[stevegmu]

They are not a large operation and don't want to take more orders than they can fill in a set amount of time. They also make juice to order for internet sales, rather than mass produce. It used to be worse. They were always open once a week, but it would take a good 2-3 weeks to get an order and they would shut down the ordering process when they reached capacity- even if it meant they only took orders for 3 hours. Now it's about a week to get an order. Now I just have enough on hand not to worry about them only being open for a day a week...

 

[stevegmu]

The 2 best shops around me don't carry it. One said they never did because it was too hard to get, the other used to carry it and said it became a pain for them so they stopped ordering.

I can see this driving B&M shops away. They are staying on top of inventory all the time, I can see that it would be too annoying to want to deal with to see that you need more stock on thursday and then need someone to remember to order on tuesday.

If they were an actual dealer, they wouldn't be ordering like everyone else does...

 

[dirky]

I dunno if they had to order the same way or if it was some other reason that made it a pain for them.

 

[BraveNewWorld]

I kept forgetting when the time came around,....but honestly the juice is better in a protank or aerotank not so much in any rebuildable. I didn't like the last of what I had since I use Rta's now so it worked out anyway...but I was frustrated, I understand.
I just move on if I don't like something, there's soo many places to order from that don't have catches, requirements, or gold stars. Life is too short...

 

[zero7starz]

I kinda enjoyed the only being able to order Tuesday through Wednesday's because those were my days off and it made it more exciting, FOR ME.
But I stopped ordering from them. Not because of their order system, but after two weeks their juice changed and that change did not agree with me. To me, it started tasting almost foul. Too bad, because I thought their flavors were great.