A lot of companies understock the cheap stuff they advertise, Fry's Electronics does that all of the time and without fail I get there Wednesday circular see something I want for cheap and its never there, but hey for just a few bucks more I can get this other one.
> A lot of companies understock the cheap stuff they advertise
The Tuesday Morning flyer in particular is a comprehensive
list of what they will NOT have in stock if you show up on
Tuesday morning.
Even on web buys, double-check prices by using a different
browser that lacks cookies tagging who you are.
I've never had trouble like that at Frys. Yes, they've been out of stuff I went for, but they also been in stock with it. Other stuff that they advertised (but I didn't need or want) was also in stock, and I've also found unadvertised deals there as well. So, I don't think they run a bait and switch operation.
Nobody's perfect and with the number of people they hire you WILL get misinformation, but I don't have a problem with Frys.
Some other companies do that as well, but they'll tell you in the ad the number of the items distributed to each store. For instance, Microcenter advertised that they had a ridiculously low price on an LCD TV, but they also printed that there would only be 6 at each store.
It's a loss leader, designed to bring traffic into the store. But at least they're honest about it.
Mark
I just went 3 hard rounds with Fry's last week. In the end, they were willing to say goodbye to me as a customer for a lousy $9.99.
It's getting harder and harder to find companies willing to go just an extra 1/4 mile for the customer these days.
When I find 'em, I hug 'em.