Volume 19, Issue 21 — November 2, 2022

rAVe HomeAV Edition — Volume 19, Issue 21

November 2, 2022 | Volume: 19 | Issue: 21

We’ve all had some strange experiences during COVID-19 as we’ve had to get used to new things. New ways to connect with people, new ways to work, etc. But this story from Lee Distad is definitely a new one for me. Read about his tale of many free samples — but at the end of the day, COVID has been a weird time in general, so we’ve all had some stories of adjustment.

Enjoy this newsletter, #AVtweeps, and happy November!

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

+ Coming Out of COVID [Lee Distad]

Back in 2020, during the depths of the pandemic and the shutdown restrictions, one of my main vendors kept sending me samples. It’s not unusual for vendors to send me samples. But there were two things that made this odd. The first was the timing: We were in the middle of lockdown, and I couldn’t go meet any of my clients to show these to them. The second was the quantity. For almost all of 2020, I was getting two or three deliveries a week.