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NT writes:
On Jan 15, 1:01*am, Dave wrote:
Quite often that is down to the customers and the computer ordering
system. They buy rubbish wood and stack it up for sale.
The customer comes along and buys the best of the selection.
The worst of the selection stays on the shelf *and the stock computer
say 'we have lots of wood, so don't order any more'.
bad management

I used to have a similar problem in Maplin trying to buy cable.
Once the staff had nicked more than about a 1/4 drum of cable,
it got into a deadly embrace with the computer not seeing any
more sales so it didn't reorder, but the store having no more
cable to sell, and the staff apparently unable to do anything
about it.

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