Kowan said:
It's out of stock on online stores. |
You're assuming the online stores have access to all of the stock that would have been in store shelves. When I worked retail, that wasn't the case. There was a certain amount allotted to stores that would not be sold online. There are products that showed up as sold out online, that were available in store.
I don't know how stores have changed things to meet the situation. It's possible that they just put all of the stock into the online inventory, which seems to make a lot of sense. But... especially in chaotic times like this, what makes sense is not always what happens. There could also potentially be hiccups in the inventory process that means there could be boxes of copies that were shipped that are still not available in the system.
I'm not saying any of this IS the case, but I'm just saying that what applies in normal situations may not be applicable right now.
