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#vendor-talk 2024-05-07

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Highlights from this day
  • vial_ledger — how many suppliers do people actually keep on rotation 17:45
  • batch_bandit — the packaging from TFC was the best i have had, double boxed with the tray intact 18:32
  • quiet.hours — ask who actually makes it. about a third of suppliers answer honestly and that answer is worth a lot 18:39
  • vial_ledger — minimum orders push people into buying more than they want, which is a real cost nobody puts in the per mg number 19:40

how many suppliers do people actually keep on rotation

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BB

prices move without announcement more often than people expect. screenshot your invoice

BB

the packaging from TFC was the best i have had, double boxed with the tray intact

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BB

better paperwork is worth paying for and i did not think that two years ago

QH

ask who actually makes it. about a third of suppliers answer honestly and that answer is worth a lot

VL

minimum orders push people into buying more than they want, which is a real cost nobody puts in the per mg number

lead times stretch badly around chinese new year. order early or wait it out