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Originally Posted by flagella
Appreciate the answer though. Just further confirmed how behind it is and I sure hope it's your temporary job. It did surprise me, however, how you managed to spew that it makes no financial sense to do it. I hope you don't carry that sort of backward thinking into your future jobs, whatever they may be. Local shops don't bother doing it because they will survive without doing so. It isn't because it makes no financial sense to do it  |
Maybe those stores felt they lose a lot in overstocking more so than having shortages. Because in the end, customers are going to buy from them anyway, just a week later when they get a new shipment. Yeah, I think it's kind of dumb that I can't get my salt, and others are bitching how snow shovels and winter tires are sold out. But I think most people buy on a need it basis rather than prepare weeks ahead of time. Same with the heatwave and AC situation last summer.
It's a silly system that stores don't have enough stock, but I'm just glad the wait time isn't too long, and at the end of the day, it's my fault for not having a shovel, salt, or winter tires, etc cause I got beat out by quicker customers.
Over the past few years though, I'm impressed at how Home Depot and CT have been keeping their inventory count fairly accurate on their website. And they even display which aisle at the store they keep the item so that I can just go in and out of the store quickly.