TC-2 discontinued by supplier, sourcing replacement - solved
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 4:48 pm
Well, we hit a road-bump at speed yesterday. The rep for the company that we buy the major component for TC-2 Dull top-coat called me and told me that it had been discontinued. This comes a full week AFTER I placed an order for it, and had been charged for it. I’d purchased some just last month, and there was no mention that this discontinuation was in the works, so this was a bit of a blind-side, to say the least. Just to be clear, I am currently out-of-stock on both TC-2 and TC-3.
That said, the company says that it has a potential replacement for it, and they are air-shipping me a sample to test. I should have it by mid-week. I’ll spend the holiday testing it, and if it looks like it will work, then I’ll place an order for it. That means that it would be available within a couple of weeks.
I am hedging my bets by sourcing other potential replacements from other suppliers. I buy from a number of companies that have their own version of this. I will be making sample requests first part of next week, and will have the samples expedited, so that I can test them as well. If this first replacement doesn’t work, it may take longer to get a shippable product in place.
I will update this thread as more information becomes available.
That said, the company says that it has a potential replacement for it, and they are air-shipping me a sample to test. I should have it by mid-week. I’ll spend the holiday testing it, and if it looks like it will work, then I’ll place an order for it. That means that it would be available within a couple of weeks.
I am hedging my bets by sourcing other potential replacements from other suppliers. I buy from a number of companies that have their own version of this. I will be making sample requests first part of next week, and will have the samples expedited, so that I can test them as well. If this first replacement doesn’t work, it may take longer to get a shippable product in place.
I will update this thread as more information becomes available.