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I also suspect we forget how in the "good ol days" that you would go into a department store and they wouldn't have your size even before the internet and cheap goods.

I absolutely remember this with sneakers a few times. Oops, sorry that size is out of stock. Go to a different store, oops sorry that size is out of stock. Could go to 3 different locations and still come home empty handed.

To believe department stores use to always have every size is simply not reality IMO.