About ten years back, I needed a new propane grill. My paper that morning had an ad for Sears for a nice looking grill for $189 on sale [[down from 219 or something like that). So I went to sears, found a salesman, showed him the ad, and said I"ll take one. He started to write it up and said "It will be in on Thursday". [[this was Tuesday).

I said, "Wait a minute. Sears puts an ad in the paper for these things, and you don't even have them in stock??" He shrugged and looked a little sheepish.

Well, I told him what Sears could do with their grill, then drove to Home Depot where I picked an even nicer one for a lower price right off the shelf. Some assembly required.

Haven't been back to Sears since.