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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

Oh it could totally be improved. I mean take this year for example. If Andymark would have just kept, oh, $250,000 or more of stock in pneumatic wheels that maybe 15% of teams were using previously, then we wouldn't be in this situation. Oh. And also $250K stock in 4" wheels for the flat unobstructed field game this year. And $250K of mecanum wheels for the unexpected return this year of no defense, high maneuverability. And, and, and. And if only they would oblige us all by either knowing exactly what the game will be and what teams will want and keeping at least 10000 of everything in stock in case the FRC world decides that whirly-ma-whatsits are this year's must-have-to-win item. Yeah, that sounds totally reasonable.

Unless I'm very much mistaken, AndyMark know what the game is long before kickoff. After all, they have to stock game-specific hardware.

I don't think it's unreasonable to think that with knowledge of the game, the demand for the pneumatic wheels and for the treads could have been predicted.

Running out of stock is one thing. Running out of stock on the first weekend of build season every single year is something else.

If you think it is actually impossible to do better than this, then I'm very much open to hearing why. You don't have to be snarky about it, just make your point.