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Corrugated box suppliers ghosting after rate finalisation — common?

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Aditya Khan

Chemicals Category Manager, UPL Limited

Quote lock ke baad capacity "not available" bol dete hain festive season mein. Penalty clauses add kiye toh L1 vendors back off. Practical fix kya hai?

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Vikram Singh

24 days ago·Jul 10, 2026, 3:27 PM

Book capacity in July for Oct–Nov. Waiting till September is too late.

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Ananya Reddy

25 days ago·Jul 9, 2026, 2:34 PM

Penalty clauses only work if you actually have alternate capacity ready.

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Rahul Mehta

26 days ago·Jul 8, 2026, 1:41 PM

Dual source even if L2 is 4% higher. Ghosting risk is real.

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Priya Sharma

27 days ago·Jul 7, 2026, 12:48 PM

Capacity deposits / advance booking for festive months helped us.