I don't get it. It would appear that many of the responder to this thread
have some vested interest in Woodcraft. There seems to be all kinds of
justifications put forth as to why this store fails to have what Gerald
wants to purchase. Some are even critical of the guy for not calling ahead.
As I understand it, Woodcraft is a specialty store for the woodworking
community. Therefore, to say that stocking a dovetail jig is something
extraordinary seems to be an odd defense. While I like some stores in the
chain (especially the one in Manchester, CT and not the one in Pittsburgh,
PA), it does not seem to be a discount operation. However, one
theoretically can buy something immediately and walk out the door with it.
By contrast, Amazon and other websites offers many of the same items (often
for much less), but one has to wait for an item to be shipped. If a store
offers neither inventory nor cheap prices, what marketing niche is it
supposed to fill and why would one continue to shop there?

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article .com,
"Gerald" wrote:
Well, I'll take the ding for not calling ahead and checking to see if
they had the item in stock, but three times in a row tells me they
stock very little of anything.

A conclusion not supported by the evidence. A conclusion better supported
by
the evidence is that they don't stock what you're looking for.

And it was a Porter Cable Dovetail Jig.

They probably don't stock more than a couple of those anyway. All it would
take is to sell two of them in one week, and bang! They're out of stock
until
the next truck comes in.

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