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[drynot]

I e-mailed Bambino the other day and got a response right away. They said (again) that they don't ship to Canada. They also said that B4NS would be restocking in 60-80 days. I told them that I couldn't wait that long and I would have to buy diapers before that. No response to that yet.

I e-mailed B4NS at the same time. Nothing at all from them....which seems to be becoming the norm

[CrinkleTime]

AB Canada has tried several times to become a distributor, but bambino keeps turning them down saying they already have a canadian distributor. Anybody have an idea on how we may be able to 'nudge' bambino into handing distribution over to AB canada?

[dprdaveyk]

looks like we may have to throw something together to get the point across to them that their are more than one or 2 people they are leaving out in the cold. im sure if we can get (hopefully) 50 people together we might be able to get them to realize their distributor has become sub par...

If they arent willing to do something about it soon, im ready to tell them to shove it up their azz. B4NS has been nearly completely out of stock for at least 2 months and now their saying it will be another 2-3 months. thats f'n retarded, how the hell does a company operate like that? I know in my line of business, if we cant supply in 2 weeks we are getting our azzes handed to us, let alone 4-6 months between stock orders!!!!

[dprdaveyk]

i was actually just looking and i last ordered in Feb when they finally got a stock order, so they have been out of stock for roughly 6 months already with another 2-3 months expected. thats insane!

[drynot]

I don't think B4ns is particularly dedicated to the brand anyway. Their primary brands seem to be Abena and Molicare. I'm not sure there is enough demand here in Canada for a dedicated AB/DL diaper for them to keep in stock. Remember, they have to pay for diapers just like we do. They can't be sitting on a bunch of unsold stock for months at a time because the bills never stop coming....

I do wish that we could order them directly from Bambino though....It's their brand so they'll have a vested interest in keeping diapers in stock.

[dprdaveyk]

That's all good in theory but it's not the case. They are always sold out, they aren't sitting on inventory!

[drynot]

That's all good in theory but it's not the case. They are always sold out, they aren't sitting on inventory!

Yes...but it takes them a long time to get to that status. According to their site right now, they have mediums in stock for each flavour of Bambino except Bellisimo. Its been like that for quite a while. They still are on the hook for those diapers so they'll likely go on discount sale soon. We don't know things like their overhead costs or inventory mamangement costs but a case of diapers just sitting there is costing them money. On their last order, they didn't even stock the extra large sizes which tells me the demand just isn't there.....