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Re: Update on the Orbit Balls

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Originally Posted by Joe Ross View Post
Now you know why Walmart wants to RFID everything.

Several of the stores we've been to already were listed as having them, despite being out. We called one store that was listed as having a bunch as soon as we saw the list. They said they've received calls from all over the country today, and had already sold the ones they had.

I assume that the ones in (red) means that they've sold more then they thought they had. That is a common accounting notation.
Yep, red means a negative number. I will personally attest that Wal-Mart's Inventory Control is only as good as the folks they have working at that given store. When I working for Wal-Mart, I would spend 30 minutes looking for an item that was listed with large counts and never finding them, or seeing a negative 12 next to an item when I had 100 in the box next to me.

I just sent my parents in GA to their local stores when I saw two stores in their area on the list.

Update: just got a call from the parents: don't bother going to the store on Bobby Jones in Augusta, they were just bought out.
The other store on Augusta should still have some.
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