Quilly Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 I've noticed over the last few years of so Thomann don't seem to hold much stock anymore. I thought originally it was due to pandemic logistics issue but it looks like its continuing on into 2025. I realize they're probably saving money by not holding loads of inventory but when other on-line stores have the same items ready to ship it doesn't seem to make sense to be losing impatient customers. Sorry if there's a thread already on this subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 I'm uncertain what sort of payment terms suppliers offer businesses like Thomann (or what their markup would be), but with logistics being as they are nowadays it does make more monetary sense to take an order from a customer, buy-in the part/instrument from the European distribution company and then ship from Thomann, even if it adds a few extra days on the delivery. I'm sure some suppliers can facilitate deliveries direct to customers, obviating any necessity for Thomann to even touch the stock it's selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lksmks792 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 I'm not sure what you mean. They currently have more than 1000 basses listed as in stock. Admittedly they have a lot more listed as currently out of stock, but it's just a matter of scale I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 57 minutes ago, lksmks792 said: I'm not sure what you mean. They currently have more than 1000 basses listed as in stock. Admittedly they have a lot more listed as currently out of stock, but it's just a matter of scale I think. Suspect the point of the original post was that (despite them having a thousand basses in stock), that there is an awful lot of product that's available to ship within a few days - be this basses, guitars, brass, whatever - rather than it being able to be shipped same day. From personal a perspective, I'm fairly picky in what I want to use, so would probably struggle to find any more than two or three basses that I would want to own from whatever they carry from their current level of inventory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno1981 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 That’s 1000 models, the actual number of physical basses will be much, much higher as they’ll keep multiples in stock. I’d guess they keep hundreds of best sellers like HB/sire basses in each colour in stock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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