Duane Bozarth writes:

It's only a prudent way to do business. Some high volume items pay to
keep in stock, sure, but it's financially impossible to maintain
inventory of high-ticket or low-turnover items.

A lot of items I've tried to buy and were out of stock at local stores are
medium to high volume stuff, not something that would collect dust for a
year. Some stores have back stock, but most are what you see is what you
get.

I wouldn't expect a woodworking store to stock a Unisaw unless they are a
machinery dealer.

Some of the items aren't worth online ordering due to shipping, but some
are.

Brian Elfert