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re: Since when did stores no longer carry appliances in stock.

Posted on 3/29/23 at 8:32 am to
Posted by StonewallJack
Member since Apr 2008
1013 posts
Posted on 3/29/23 at 8:32 am to
Burn it down Pooky!!
Posted by mmcgrath
Indianapolis
Member since Feb 2010
37341 posts
Posted on 3/29/23 at 8:45 am to
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This appeasement of lazy fat people is bs.
It's God damn Communism!
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76273 posts
Posted on 3/29/23 at 8:46 am to
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, neither Lowes, HD, or BB had anything in stock


Call Bellelos

Freezers
This post was edited on 3/29/23 at 9:05 am
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
35494 posts
Posted on 3/29/23 at 8:57 am to
Of course it varies by place, but they do have them. Most of these chains have a regional warehouse and the stores all stock display models. Furniture stores are mostly the same way.

So, it's in stock, just not at that store. I recently bought a new washer and dryer and they delivered mine the next day from the warehouse.
Posted by yaherrdme
The Place to Be
Member since Feb 2004
5936 posts
Posted on 3/29/23 at 9:19 am to
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Lowes, HD, or BB had anything in stock a


If in BR, avoid the big box stores. Try Stantons (or even Stantons scratch and dent since it is just a freezer), Sherwood Appliance, Bellelos, etc.
Posted by BestBanker
Member since Nov 2011
19454 posts
Posted on 3/29/23 at 9:23 am to
See GE and Jack Welch.

Thinking the 80s was the transition to lower inventory, lower overhead, and creation of financial lending, GE Capital.

Add wuhan virus, recession, and people not working and you get make to order.
Posted by Antib551
Houma, LA
Member since Dec 2018
1407 posts
Posted on 3/29/23 at 9:23 am to
My Lowes in Houma has 4 models of uprights in stock with a total of 7 units on hand, also have models of chests in stock with a total of 15 units on hand.

HD has zero.

Conn's has 10 models in stock, 5 upright, 5 schest.

No doubt my local mom and pop store Rod's has some as well.

Sounds like a very regional issue.
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
21857 posts
Posted on 3/29/23 at 9:44 am to
I accompanied my FIL to Lowe’s to shop for one and some of the display models were stocked. I was also surprised that Lowes had their display refrigerator/freezers plugged in and working. He asked for one that, after checking inventory, was not stocked so he picked another model and they had it delivered in 2 days.
Posted by efrad
Member since Nov 2007
18704 posts
Posted on 3/29/23 at 10:24 am to
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And lazy people are somewhat to blame because it use to be that items were kept in stock, people drove and shopped in stores and delivery cost extra. Now customer service is nonexistent, nothing is kept in stock and must be delivered, "free of charge", which was really just tact on to the cost of the item.


Actually, it "use to be" that items were kept in stock, and people ordered online because it was cheaper. Do you think that customer service which was "free of charge" wasn't "really just tact on" to the price as well?

The reduction in retail space necessary to stock all this stuff locally has created cost savings. Brick and mortar was forced to adapt because online was cheaper. Yeah it sucks if you absolutely gotta have something today, but the vast majority of the time I know about an appliance purchase a day or two ahead of time.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
110954 posts
Posted on 3/29/23 at 10:27 am to
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Probably about the same time car dealers decided they no longer needed to have any vehicles actually on their lots.


That’s false. The lots are full again like normal.

Not the dealer I used recently. Maybe I should have looked at Texas dealers.
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Prices are staying up though


Or maybe not.
Posted by turnpiketiger
Member since May 2020
12264 posts
Posted on 3/29/23 at 11:44 am to
Stay away from Texas unless you want to pay California prices
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