Stock but no stock?

[techydude]

My boss was searching for a supplier of LDD-F304NI-RA, a dual-7-segment display on Parts.io, and found conflicting data on stock levels.

On the Trend-Stock graph, it currently shows 1269 pieces for the last 8 months, however in the Price & Stock panel, it shows 'Crestwood' holding 1 piece, and no one else holding stock.

So where does the 1269 pieces come from?
I've seen this discrepancy several time before but not inquired about it, so I'm curious what's going on behind the scenes in the various data sources...

[ChrisGammell]

This could be one of two things:

1. The stock that is shown in the slide out window (which should match the results on FindChips as long as the MPN is the same) are actually limited by geographical region. We do not show components that you would be unable to buy from the location of your IP address. For instance, I saw German distributors pop up when I was in Germany (Conrad) which do not show up back in the US. So this could be part of the problem.
2. The other problems is that the chart actually is a pretty complex being. We show the stock across all geographic regions, as this is also how the Composite Price is calculated. We are in the midst of updating how this chart shows stock, as it is dependent upon distributor updates. If the distributor doesn't send us any new data in their feed, we cannot show any changes reliably.

What is your expectation when looking at these various elements on parts.io pages?

[techydude]

Ahhhhhhh. Now that make sense, at least from the perspective of some category of Parts.io users.
However for some 'commercial' & for want of a better term, 'substantial' entities using Parts.io, who either have relationships with CMs who can do such purchasing across regions for them, or offices in other regions who could do same, this feature is actually a restriction.
So 'Wouldn't It Be Nice...' is we could turn that feature off