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Originally Posted by Bruceb
About half way through check out I got the message that they were out of stock so AM allowed someone with a faster computer or link to steal them out of my cart. I don't get how any retailer could see that as a good business practice. Never been disappointed with AM before. Hope they correct this in the future.
Bruce
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Pretty much all online stores use browser-side cookies to store what items are in your cart, and only process orders based upon a first-come, first-served basis based upon who pays first.
It would be unfeasible for online stores to track what items people put in their online carts in real time and deduct that from available inventory, as this would be incredibly easy for someone to abuse the system and screw over honest buyers. If such a cart-tracking system were in place, one random anonymous person could go to an online store, add EVERYTHING to his cart, leave it there and then simply never actually buy it, while meanwhile genuine customers could be prevented from actually buying it because those cart items were already deducted from available inventory.
Thus, the only fair way to prevent this is to process orders first-paid, first-served.