Roody

lol

KD5NRH

We used to have a store here that would occasionally drop items because they were "too hard to keep in stock."

Yeah, ditch an item because it sells too well. Not lack of availability; they just had to restock the shelf so much more often than other products.

I-Like-To-Bike

Empty shelves may not be due to the high demand for an item but rather an unreliable supplier of the item.

The supplier of the item to the store may not be able to produce or supply the merchant the goods to restock in a timely manner.

The store may prefer to maintain stock on the shelf in a reliable basis, and not have empty shelves because an unreliable supplier can only resupply in dribs and drabs. The store may prefer not to keep frustrating its customers about if or when the shelves will be restocked due to the sporadic resupply chain of an item. Perhaps it is better to sell another product, rather than keep a shelf empty waiting for an item to show up from the supplier.

KD5NRH

Other stores here carried the same brands and had no problem getting plenty in.

Of course, this was back in the pricing gun days, and they were determined not to hire more kids to stock, tag and bag than they absolutely had to. When HEB came along with enough baggers to offer carryout assistance, it prety much killed what little traffic they had left.

CliffordK

Since I'm car-free... if I want to actually buy something, then I'll generally drag my trailer around.

I do like the thrift stores which I often do without a trailer, and I'm probably getting a reputation for putting little things on hold because they were just too big to put in my backpack. Or, yesterday, I did have my trailer, but didn't want to pick up the big/heavier stuff first, so I had the store hold it until I was on my way back home.

For ordinary retail stores, I don't play the game of hunting for stuff that should be stocked... if the first store doesn't have it (or I don't think they'll have it), then I will generally just order online.

tmac100

I see this thread has gone OT - again ... I mean wrt herding cats

KD5NRH

So is cat herding an A&S topic, or a commuting one?

badger1

Why would you expect anything different here in LCF/LCL?