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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
We're getting a new oven.
$3,000 purchase being made sight-unseen because stores just don't carry stuff like that in stock anymore.
Consumers kinda dug their own graves in a lot of ways. I can't imagine buying appliances without ever being able to so much as pull the handle to see if it feels cheap is what folks had in mind when they started shopping online but that's where we are now.
We're seeing less inventory and more of that sort of purchasing with cars as well.
I really don't care for it at all.
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I have kind of found it’s become a self fulfilling negative for the brick and mortars. Even huge places like target have very little in stock. They seem to keep stock low because of online competition but because stock is low they are very unreliable so people are less likely to plan on getting everything there, so they just get it all online regardless. Further worsening things for the store and their desire to maintain stock levels.
I really don’t understand how people do instacart. If I ordered instacart from Target, based on my experience with their site showing things being available vs reality, I am certain 25% of my order wouldn’t show up in the bags.