On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:30:15 -0700 Ant <ANTant@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
| On 4/20/2008 9:32 PM PT, Alan typed:
|
|> In article <480aff91$0$12952$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Ant
<ANTant@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
|>> On 4/19/2008 8:43 PM PT, lorincantrell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
typed:
|>>
|>>>> Last week, they had about 20 of these on the shelf. Today, all
gone. Are
|>>>> they popular or something?
|>>> I noticed this too, about two weeks after I got my "coupon" from ye
|>>> olde government they just disappeared. However, two weeks later
|>>> (today), Wal-Mart had plenty of the RCA unit it stock (but nary a
|>>> Magnavox) and I picked one up for my parents. I figured the coupons
|>>> started hitting mailboxes and pulled down the stock quickly, and
|>>> they're just getting caught back up.
|>> Do we happen to know when stores usually get refills? I was hoping to
|>> use my coupons at the last week before expiring, but I don't think I
|>> should do that.
|>
|> They get more stock when the truck pulls up in back and unloads the
|> stock. Then it just depends on when they bring it out from the back
|> room.
|>
|> This depends on when the headquarters ****ps some their way, and when
|> the manufacturer ****ps it to them.
|>
|> Given the obvious observation that trucks deliver to large stores
|> pretty continuously, what made you think there would be a specific
time?
|
| Some stores (e.g., Best Buy, Circuit City) don't get refills often, like
| once a week from I noticed.
I found out that is approximately true for Circuit City. There are
exceptions.
During the holidays they were getting delivery more often, and sometimes
they
do get small deliveries via carriers like UPS (possibly direct from
vendor).
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