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A thousand times this. I distinctly recall going to a Columbia store to get a new basic fleece jacket years ago and all they had were jackets with that stupid breast zipper pocket which I didn't want. It clearly seemed like the new style as anything without it was nowhere to be found on the floor.

I begged the sales person who dug one up in a box in the back room without the pocket.

My guess is slapping an extra pocket on there let them justify increasing the cost and margins because "you're getting more!"