Amos Advantage Backordered Items

Seems like everything on Amos is Backordered. Binders, Dealer Cards, and others.

Anyone trying to order anything that is on backorder. Any ideas on how long back order means.

I ordered an International Book on Nov 16th and still waiting to receive it.

There are numerous topics already regarding this.

Have you contacted them to find out any information?

It sounds like they only print and manufacture only after receiving enough orders to justify the start up . Sad but it tells you nobody wants to be caught holding inventory of stamp supplies .

join the club :)

supply chains are a mess due to political stuff that is taboo to talk about.

Yes Amos tends to "batch print" on demand. A call may get you question answered.

As to supplies, much is solely manufactured in Europe (much in Germany) and that supply chain is being disrupted by the manufactures by withholding it from the US market while major third party Europe vendors are currently not shipping to the US. This is due to current tariff uncertainties.

However, dealer cards and many other items you may want do come up on ebay with regularity.

From 2019:

https://goscf.com/t/68842&whichpage=1

This isn't anything new. It's been going on for ages... most notably with Subway Stamp. It may be heightened somewhat right now due to the supply chain uncertainties, but "hold the orders until we have enough to print/manufacture" has been going on for quite some time. The problem is that retailers do not disclose this on their websites or at time of order.

I sent AMOS emails in August and September about several items as was told mid-November. In later emails it became Dec 1. I called them on 12/2 and they said Dec 15th. Just called them yesterday and they said Mid-January. Not easy to start a project and try to stick with the same products for consistency and then have the supply dry up. The same thing happened to me with Staples on paper I was using for album pages. The color variation experienced on what was called the exact same color/product was beyond significant. Did not think I would have to hoard something or buy in great bulk in order to have consistency. Yes minor in the big scheme of things but still frustrating.

The problem is , Amos {Scott } does not want to carry a inventory of finish products , maybe they don't want to carry a inventory because that can be $500,000 in tie up money . Plus no retail stamp seller also doesn't want to hold a supply inventory . Because the spread difference between the price a store sells for and what they buy for is not enough .
For example if the Italian speciality album sells for $250.00 and Amos offers me as a retail store the album at $200.00 I am not interested in tieing up $200. to sell it at $250.00 maybe a year later . I rather buy $200.00 stamps on Sunday at Rasdale Stamp Auctions and sell that on Monday on ebay for $250.00 and not wait a year to make money with a album ..
So to sum it up I am not holding a $200.00 book to make $250.00 . Now you understand the issue .

It comes down to how your money is working buying at $200.00 and waiting for a buyer for me to sell at $250.00 is a crappy way to invest in a business . As for me I want the Italian albums at $150.00 each and now I am waiting one or two years to sell them at $250.00 each

First,it is not Staples' (or any other paper retailer's) fault. Fault, if any, is in the hands of the paper manufacturer. That said, the manufacturer cannot be faulted.

Each batch of paper from the selection of fibers being used, the lightening agents for the fibers, the other contents of the slurry, if any, and for the coloring agents contains significant variation, even when professionally controlled. Thus each batch, or "lot" of "red" (or fill in the blank ____ color) is and will be different. That is why side by side comparison can reveal minor color variation.

Exhibitors have known this for years and buy in large batches of paper stock FROM THE SAME LOT. The wise exhibitors try to buy many multiples of the number of sheets needed so when the discard one the replacement is the same color. If they miscalculated, and need more "red" in a few years, they know they will be forced to remount the entire exhibit on the new color "red" or live with the color variation.

This also applies to you, Hobsun013, if you want all of your paper to look the same you need to buy the amount you may think you will use all at one time to secure paper from the same lot number. Of course when you run out and buy again, if you start a new binder/album volume any change will be less noticeable, if noticeable at all.

Amos did not do dealers any favor when they started selling all their supplies directly either through amosadvantage.

The only future I see for Amos and Scott Publishing is to buy the Steiner Pages copy right . They should of done that 20 years ago .

Today I have two unused copies for $35.00 each , also there are hundreds if not thousands of disk out there at present so it is not profitable now to touch Steiner . Now they would need to add all kinds of bells and whistles to get me to buy a update at a much higher price ,like $100.00 for a CD disk of Steiner 2.0 .

I called Amos today and asked if there was an update on the order, the lady stated "My guess is mid January"

So I guess ill check back then as well

That's where the dart landed.