It's to prevent price gouging, with that going on they are trying to do their part to mitigate that as much as they can. It's a roll of the dice to find one and when you do grab it.
Marketting directive- "its a hot ticket item" is not a catch phrase to protect your lack of common sense. Either you have them in stock or you dont. Either you will get any or you wont. Its not rocket science nor do you need your MBA to figure out customer shop for what they want. If you cant even provide info for ability to even carry an item, or future stock availability, your management and trainers need replaced.
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