Think you know what topic I’m best known for harping on? Well, I’m not sure if I’m REALLY known for this subject, but I sure oughtta be. And I’m pleased to share that it appears my message is starting to get through. Hurray!
So just how many times have you heard me say something like: “If there’s something currently available from Stampin’ Up! that you really, really want (or even WILL want to use later), better plan on getting it now while it’s still available.”
We’re all learning a lesson here
This is a lesson that’s proven itself true again and again over the past several years. Sale-a-Bration items run out and get discontinued considerably before the SAB term expires. The most popular Christmas products run out before some people have even started to *think* about designing their Christmas cards for the year.
And who can forget the incredibly unfortunate circumstance of 2017’s Father’s Day-focused “Build It” Framelits Dies completely running out weeks before anyone had even thought about Father’s Day! That set of dies is STILL being searched for every day on the internet, and I finally just sold my set a couple months ago for about $10 over its original asking price. And had I known at the time I offered my set for sale, that I’d have a half-dozen additional people clamor for it too, I’d have asked a whole bunch more in the first place!
So here’s where I’m going with all this…
The Occasions and SAB products have been available for exactly 3 weeks now. And we’re already starting to see shortages of supply for certain items. Just Tuesday afternoon I heard myself advising my afternoon Card Class ladies to not wait TOO long to order things from the Occasions and SAB options that they might really want. I think I was delivering this speech sometime around mid to late afternoon… and as I listened to my own words I remember thinking to myself, “Lynda, good grief, why do you keep HARPING on this topic all the time?!?”
Well, fast-forward about 2 to 2-1/2 hours from that moment… to the time I arrived home. Went directly to the computer to see what had transpired while
I’d been doing classes all day… and lo and behold, there was an announcement from Stampin’ Up! regarding the SAB product “Organdy Ribbon Combo” pack (page 7 of the SAB brochure), that had apparently been posted sometime since I’d checked right before heading out to my morning class.
The message stated that due to the product’s popularity it was already sold out, and backorders had mounted quickly. So much so, in fact, that they’d already had to turn off its ordering number. Apparently, there will be more arriving to the warehouse sometime in March, and at that time the ordering number will be turned back on again. But in the meantime, it sounds like anyone who doesn’t already have their Organdy Ribbon Combo ordered is in for a rather long wait before they can even order it.
And then today, 2 additional items found their way into the spotlight.
The Butterfly Duet Punch (Occasions Catalog, page 35) will have its ordering number turned off tomorrow morning (Friday, January 25, at 10:00 am Mountain time, which is 9:00 am for my Pacific time friends), and the earliest it’s expected to reappear will be mid-March, as well. But even then, it’s possible that the first shipment may not cover the back-orders that have already collected and which are expected to grow between now and tomorrow morning. However, if it’s been on your wish-list, you do have a few more hours to at least get on the wait-list!
Alas, there’s more…
There’s also the “Cake Builder Punch”, likely next in line for running out – expected to be not too far into the future, too. So similar story there: order real quick before inventories are depleted, or initial back-orders may get filled around Mid-March.
And orders placed farther down the road may have to wait even longer.
But we’re all learning with experience
Actually, I’ve seen many of these selections already show up on orders this month, so I’m pleased that it appears my “harping” may be beginning to get through and take effect. And if it is, then I’ll consider that a very GOOD thing!
And while I’m on the subject of placing orders, I’d like to send out a big “thank you!” to everyone who’s ordered through me already this month! You’ve really helped launch Sale-a-Bration 2019 with a BANG! 🙂
But don’t forget: if you haven’t yet ordered your Butterfly Duet Punch, you’ve still got a few more hours…. until tomorrow morning (10:00 am Mountain/ 9:00 am Pacific)… to get your name on the wait-list. Shop at: store.YourPaperDreams.com , and search for item 148523, (or bundle 150599, which will also include the lovely coordinating stamp set)!
Very true about the topic of budget, Karen! And yep, everyone has their own parameters in that regard. But my harping is more to inform/remind the procrastinators about the hazards of “snoozing”, which can lead to “losing” out on something they really wanted. Which then leads to frustration and disappointment. It used to be that one could wait until the final few days of SAB (or a catalog term, etc.), and expect to be able to order and get pretty much anything they’d been “meaning to order”. But times have changed, and we’ve got this new paradigm. And after several years now of watching this recur, I figure part of my purpose/mission is to let everyone know how “these days” seem to be going. Glad to hear you’ve already got those affected items; many of my regulars already have them, as well. Good planning all around! 🙂
Yes so glad I ordered these items early, 3ven got a second order of the butterfly dsp. However, even though we Should order what we really want, there is that reality of the budget. Many things I would like I will not be getting. 🙄😢