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by notatoad 4275 days ago
And this is why the stores don't give out their actual inventory numbers to the public: because they can't accurately track those numbers. Things get stolen, lost in storage, and moved off their shelf to promotional displays.
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And then people complain about how "useless" the app is. This is much less of a problem for Amazon where there aren't any thieving customers in the store.
It is useless if the information provided isn't correct. In some cases, it's actually worse than useless.