A new regime. Day 1

First on my agenda, was to bawl out a distributor rep. for their company NOT HAVING PRODUCT THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED TO SELL!!

We have NO Jim Beam Honey 50 mls....NO Jim Beam Apple 50mls......NO Jim Beam Red Stag 50 mls.......AND WE CAN'T GET THEM!

Last week, they were totally OUT of the Ole Smoky Moonshine products I ordered!  Yeah.  Ole Smokey.  It's an hour away and they couldn't send a truck to pick some up?  But I digress....

Back to the Jim Beam minis.....

Last week, the rep. told me they had 1/2 case of Jim Beam Apple 50 mls in stock so I said "SEND THEM!"

When the truck arrived, they were back-ordered.

Now, this rep., a couple of weeks ago, was bragging about their new inventory/ordering system....how it updates in REAL time, blah, blah, blah.

So today, I confronted him about WHY we didn't receive our Beam Apple minis when he told me they had a 1/2 case in stock.  His reply was "It all depends on who keys their order in first."  Mine: "So, Knoxville got them."  Him:  "It all depends on who keys their order in first."  Mine - AGAIN - "So Knoxville got them!"

He then admitted....Knoxville got them.

THIS IS UTTER BULLSHIT!!!

You see, the stores here in Greeneville are very LOW on the level of priority.  This particular distributor caters ONLY to high volume stores - giving us little guys no chance.

And this practice repulses me to no end.