I have been waiting for certain handplanes to be in stock like the Veritas Scraper Plane. It has been out of stock and now Dec 29th! Sigh. What is happening with the production line....?
I have been waiting for certain handplanes to be in stock like the Veritas Scraper Plane. It has been out of stock and now Dec 29th! Sigh. What is happening with the production line....?
Hi John -
The elves at Veritas are hard at work, trying to keep the pipeline full.
Part of our supply disruption has been the acceleration of our switch in handle materials (from Bubinga to Torrefied Maple) - we had been phasing it in slowly, when Bubinga went on the Cites II list unexpectedly - caught a lot of tool makers by surprise.
Then too - there are new products in the schedule, that create spikes in demand for shop time - the combination plane sucked a lot of hours out of our capacity.
I feel your pain - I'd really like to be able to sell you one. I even checked the Cyber Monday list for a scraping plane - but it was not among the 17 different planes that will be there on the 27th.
Cheers -
Rob
..."checked the Cyber Monday list ...but it was not among the 17 different planes that will be there on the 27th."
Stealth advertisement
Or, for some, a renewed hope in the face of despair...
I wonder if they have changed their system so that you have a bit of time to shop and check out before what you put in the basket is snatched by someone else.
Simon
Hi Simon -
You just gotta be quick....putting it in your basket does not reserve inventory - that occurs in the check-out process, when the order details hit our main system.
No practical way around it for us (and most others). I know ticket selling sites with give you 10 minutes or so to check out - but that won't work for product lines like ours.
Cheers -
Rob
Hi Malcolm,
There’s no public list ... That way there’s no set expectation of any given product being there.
How are things going with you? Getting back to normal?
Cheers,
Rob
He's making a list
And checking it twice;
Gonna sell at a very good price
Robin Lee is having a sale
He knows you won't be sleeping
He'll see that you're awake
He knows it will be first come served
So be quick for goodness sake!
O! You better watch out!
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Robin Lee is having a sale
Oh great... I was getting all geared up for Black Friday, but now there's Cyber Monday to think about. Should I wait for Cyber Monday or burn the midnight oil on Black Friday?