If you are patient and you want to spend a lot of time running around, you can get some ammo. Knowing the counter person in the store and getting on someone’s text list also helps.
I will occasionally check the stores, but I really don’t have time for it. So, for me, I will place bulk back orders through Cabelas or other online retailers and just wait. My friend, who is a Glock armorer and a neophyte reloader, bought several pallets of 9mm prior to the panic. I thought he was crazy at the time because 9mm was everywhere. I told him that he should have spent that money on 5.56. I guess we were both right.
I don’t have the time either but after yesterday’s gun show, I thought that I would try it this morning.... I like your process of ordering and waiting.