Anyone have any info on why it looks like there is a stock shortage of SDS200s? Amazon is pretty much sold out unless you want to buy qty 2 and starting to see prices go up on the few that I see out there. Ordered one via Walmart last week (qty 5 available...) only to have the order cancelled within a day.
Uniden SDS200 stock shortage
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Stimulus checks, tax refunds (anticipated, and put purchase on credit card), and all the reasons why you want one.
JIT manufacturing is rarely JIT.
MStep
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I tend to think, having been in the advertising "hype" business for some time, that some of those "Only 5 Left", etc., are there more to get potential buyers to pull the trigger rather than anything else. Certainly, there are sometimes shortages in the supply chain, but that is one of the very old tricks in the marketing field to get "on-the-fence" potential purchasers to make the decisive move. We've all been exposed to one form or another of this sales device. "Limited Time Only", "While Supplies Last", and many other marketing gimmicks.
Not to say that shortages do not occasionally exist, but there are certainly enough dealers at least here in the U.S. that you can find an SDS100 or 200 available for immediate shipment at least 90% of the time. Some manufacturers also deliberately hold back on supply to create demand, and I am certainly not implying that Uniden resorts to that tactic.
As Bearcat Joe pointed out in a thread when someone asked why all units are not shipped with the latest firmware, he pretty much summed it up when he said how impractical that would be with so many units already out of the factory and in the supply chain, in warehouses, on ships, in stores, etc. So for those potential SDS purchasers, I don't think there is any need to panic.
Not to say that shortages do not occasionally exist, but there are certainly enough dealers at least here in the U.S. that you can find an SDS100 or 200 available for immediate shipment at least 90% of the time. Some manufacturers also deliberately hold back on supply to create demand, and I am certainly not implying that Uniden resorts to that tactic.
As Bearcat Joe pointed out in a thread when someone asked why all units are not shipped with the latest firmware, he pretty much summed it up when he said how impractical that would be with so many units already out of the factory and in the supply chain, in warehouses, on ships, in stores, etc. So for those potential SDS purchasers, I don't think there is any need to panic.
MStep
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I'm sure you have some very valid reasons, but for me, I feel that a major company like Amazon or Walmart are the best places to by any scanner from, providing that you do not require follow-up technical support.
My reasoning is that in the event you receive a product with a defect, my experience has been that the return process is MUCH easier because the places like Amazon and Walmart do not have the technical expertise to refute your claim. It is highly unlikely that a normal return will be met with any resistance because these major retailers accept that this is part of merchandising.
On the other hand, if you purchase from someone who does not sell this type of product "en masse", and perhaps is a small dealership that sells only a limited number of units per week, or specializes in these particular products, you could meet more resistance in effecting a return because smaller dealerships may not always have the mechanisms (or desire) in place to properly handle the return process properly.
It is as long as nothing goes wrong.
Right now, shipping is the problem. I don't know how Uniden ships it's scanners, but I do know that container ships are sitting outside of ports waiting to unload. The yards are full of empties that have to go back on ships, trucks and trains are running at capacity. It's a mess.
Right now, shipping is the problem. I don't know how Uniden ships it's scanners, but I do know that container ships are sitting outside of ports waiting to unload. The yards are full of empties that have to go back on ships, trucks and trains are running at capacity. It's a mess.
JIT manufacturing ≠ JIT anything else.
The whole premise of JIT is a MBA trick to maximize profits. It fails to account for increases in customer demand or supply chain perturbations.
I worked at a factory that manufactured thrust reversers for GE engines. That JIT was great in a perfect world. But if we needed to replace a defective part, we had to wait for days because of JIT. The story we were told was that excessive inventory was taxed more. I just think the company was too cheap to order extra parts from the vendor.
Living near Long Beach & Los Angeles harbors, there are many ships sitting off shore just waiting to be unloaded due to the reduced work force because of Covid. Since these are made overseas and other countries are having similar problem with getting parts, reduced work force to make them and a reduced work force to load the ships, it takes time to get them here.
I have mine up and running and created a virtual desktop to run the web broadcast software for testing. I like it.
Ocean freight is slow. There may be a semiconductor shortage caused by the AKM fire in Japan as manufacturers try to find alternate suppliers in China or elsewhere.
In my experience the SDS series listed on Amazon are usually sold by and shipped by the vendor.
In my experience the SDS series listed on Amazon are usually sold by and shipped by the vendor.
palmerjrusa
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I've a feeling the appearance of Icom's ID-52A handheld has been delayed for this reason.
Yep, according to a press release from Icom Japan.
Other manufacturers are experiencing delays as well. It wouldn't surprise me to see more shortages.
weaverra
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Gigaparts has one left on the shelf in Huntsville on Wednesday. They did have two.
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