Pumps' Perplexities

Every week, either in the newspaper or by mail, you receive
the weekly sale circular for the supermarkets and drug stores
in your area.....

This gripe is with the drug store chains because it has come
to a "head" this week......Available on this past Sunday was an
item I wished to purchase.....So you go to the store on Monday
to purchase it......Only to be informed that, "It did not come
in on the "truck" last week......"The next truck is due in on
Wednesday.".......So you go to the store again on Thursday
only to be informed that the item was NOT on the truck.....
And, "The other stores did not get the item either.".........
(This means do not drive around to other stores, with the
same name, looking for it.)......

The real problem is that a Marketing Department printed
the sales circular in advance of the merchandise being
delivered to the warehouses......And, the supplier, of the
item, was late on his delivery or did not meet his supply
quota.......

The reason WalMart is so successful is that they did not
allow this to happen......The "back-charges" for a late
delivery, from a supplier, were brutal.......(Been there-
done that)........This also resulted in additional profit on
the sale of the item......

If you ever wondered why some items are more expensive
in one store than another it is because some one has to
pay for "corporate mistakes".......Pumps