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To: Kevin Podsiadlik who wrote (112498)	12/7/2000 4:27:29 PM
From: Alomex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Even when it's labeled as being "in stock," many times it isn't. I just ordered six items. Five were listed as "In Stock/24 hr ship." That was Sunday. So far, the only item to ship was the one that said "2-3 days," I had the same experience with them a while ago. Forget about whether customers get upset about it or not. Rather think about what it says about their supposedly state of the art inventory system. How the in heavens can a fully computerized operation not be aware of its inventory or that of its key suppliers???

To: Kevin Podsiadlik who wrote (112498)	12/7/2000 7:20:15 PM
From: Randy Ellingson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

I too have noticed exceptionally thin inventory. Used to be I could buy a disk drive there, but now the options are very few. Also, I've searched on other odds and ends (electronics and/or computer hardware related), and found significant gaps. What?! We can't buy a USB cable that will show before Christmas? The printer I ordered said 2-3 days, but the estimated date of delivery on that has been bumped back several days already. The order date was Dec. 2; the current estimated ship date is Dec. 12 to 18. Ack! So, have they gone way overboard in trying to prevent any excess inventory from surviving the holidays? Or are they experiencing such unexpectedly heavy orders that they simply are at the whim of the distributors? Or ...? Randy