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Issue #787

The classic line, "It seemed like a really good idea at the time, Officer," sums up where we're at today. Polywater is issuing a retraction on published changes to an FST Foam Duct Sealant package. Here's the scoop.

Just days ago Polywater issued new price sheets and an email broadcast explaining that the new FST-250KITB6 package was replacing the popular FST-250KIT. The reason stemmed from difficulty in explaining the difference to customers between an FST-250KIT (single kit shipped 6 per box) and the FST-250KIT1 (the identical single kit shipped 1 per box, but at a higher price). Our ill-fated solution was to obsolete the FST-250KIT, having assumed distributors could break the FST-250KITB6 six-pack and sell the individual component kits as FST-250KIT1.

That was a mistake. We heard from distributors quickly and emphatically that what comes in as a KITB6 can only go out as a KITB6, not as multiple KIT1; we were attempting the impossible and putting large inventories and substantial portions of established business at risk.

We're not going to do that. We admit our mistake and we're walking it back. We're sorry for the confusion and for any effort you have or will expend to clear up the situation at your end.

As a result, the brand new FST-250KITB6 is obsolete effective immediately, and the FST-250KIT is again a valid and active SKU. Production reverted to the FST-250KIT. Consignment warehouses are notified. The new 2014 price sheet is revised and will be reissued. Literature changes are canceled, and a "tech surge" was applied to restore the FST Webpage.

The Friday Fax Editor's Joke of the Week

The Joke

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