Iām late to the party here but still wanted to clarify. We stocked up on singles - LOTS of them. We didnāt know there was a separate 10 pack. So we are selling singles at 10 pack pricing to meet the demand for discounted quantities. Weāve been talking with Inovelli and at some point will likely stock the bulk packs too.
Robert
Aartech
Agreedā¦ and to cut our cost a bit on the product and save on the shipping box size. Weāll get there.
Robert
Aartech
Has Aartech made the decision to stop selling on Amazon? I know the products were listed by them a little more expensive on Amazon, but I have a gift card I was going to use to buy an inovelli switch, only to find most of the Inovelli stuff they prey previously had listed no longer sold by them.
Itās looks as if inovelli switches are no longer listed on aartechās website. I sent them a note but havenāt heard. It looks like red series is in stock on the inovelli site so Iām assuming stock isnāt the problem.
Any idea if aartech will carry? Any other Canadian distributors?
Thx
~Mike W.
They didnāt send any stock to aartech in this last batch so your best bet is going to be to order direct -
@MikeWatson We typically reply very quickly during business hours so if you didnāt hear back maybe we didnāt get your message or it went to spam.
I thought Iād chime in here to give fellow Canadians an update.
Given the supply issues theyāre facing, and without discussing this with them, I can only assume Inovelli prefers or needs to stick to a direct model to maximize margins, reduce costs, and stretch out their stock as long as possible.
Eric has been incredibly open in the forums about the issues theyāve faced and I think theyāre having enough trouble feeding their local direct market let alone keeping a distributor in the mix. Not to mention all the crazy challenges theyāve faced.
In the mean time Aartech obviously has to support brands that are willing and able to support us. The door is left open for future conversations with Inovelli.
Thanks for both replies above.
First I didnāt mean to imply that response time at Aartech is slow. I emailed on a Friday afternoon and heard back on Monday morning. Less than one business day. Solid. I posted the above question in the interim.
Aartech has been amazing for Canadians to source all of their smart home gear. I hope that Inovelli products become available with Aartech sooner than later - great devices and a great distributor create a winning recipe for Canadian smart homes. While we can obtain direct from Inovelli, there is additional uncertainty, timing and costs.
Fingers crossed.
~Mike W.
Thanks Mike! Aartechās been around for almost 20 years now can you believe it? It all started with X10. My how times have changed.
Take care
Ah, I was wondering why I hadnāt seen Inovelli switches at Aartech for quite some timeā¦ Iāve been waiting to buy a couple of the red switches. Hopefully the new year will bring some stock back to Aartech! Good luck with all the all the supply challenges Inovelli and Aartech.