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Old 11-15-2021, 10:58 AM   #24
John Mercier
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It isn't going to be just about getting vaccinations.

The supply line is being permanently changed by the demand.

For instance, when you had your roof shingled, you may have noticed that several different color options existed... some in stock, some special order.
For every bundle of shingles that are made and warehoused for the special order, a bundle of stock color shingles could not be made. The SO are made when their is slack in the manufacturing chain that provides the excess time and tint options.

In the future, those colors with tints colors that have extended supply lines will not be manufactured and warehoused. So getting those colors, if they are even continued in the manufacturing process will cost much more and have extended lead times of months... not weeks.

When I say months, most customers thing two, three, or four. The vendors mean nine, ten, or even twelve. When you order too many, you cannot return them - they are special order. If you order too few, it will take nine, ten, or even twelve months to get another bundle.

Pick a color that is special order and have an issue like wind damage... and you can't get the roof fixed without having a patch of a stock color.
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