digital to analog SD converters at Walmart

Last week, they had about 20 of these on the shelf. Today, all gone. Are
they popular or something?

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On Apr 19, 8:40*pm, wrote:
Last week, they had about 20 of these on the shelf. *Today, all gone. *Are
they popular or something?

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I noticed this too, about two weeks after I got my "coupon" from ye
olde government they just disappeared. However, two weeks later
(today), Wal-Mart had plenty of the RCA unit it stock (but nary a
Magnavox) and I picked one up for my parents. I figured the coupons
started hitting mailboxes and pulled down the stock quickly, and
they're just getting caught back up.

-beaumon

Ant wrote:
On 4/19/2008 8:43 PM PT, typed:

Last week, they had about 20 of these on the shelf. Today, all
gone. Are
they popular or something?

I noticed this too, about two weeks after I got my "coupon" from ye
olde government they just disappeared. However, two weeks later
(today), Wal-Mart had plenty of the RCA unit it stock (but nary a
Magnavox) and I picked one up for my parents. I figured the coupons
started hitting mailboxes and pulled down the stock quickly, and
they're just getting caught back up.

Do we happen to know when stores usually get refills? I was hoping to
use my coupons at the last week before expiring, but I don't think I
should do that.

On commodity items, Wal-Mart usually makes the
vendor/manufacturer responsible to monitor
regional warehouse and store stock levels and
ship as needed.

Higher cost of fuel is driving suppliers to make
fewer trips. "Just in Time" restocking will
take a back seat to the cost shipping.

Store stock levels will have larger swings and
scheduling of deliveries will be less predictable.

In article Ant writes:
On 4/19/2008 8:43 PM PT, typed:

Last week, they had about 20 of these on the shelf. Today, all gone. Are
they popular or something?

I noticed this too, about two weeks after I got my "coupon" from ye
olde government they just disappeared. However, two weeks later
(today), Wal-Mart had plenty of the RCA unit it stock (but nary a
Magnavox) and I picked one up for my parents. I figured the coupons
started hitting mailboxes and pulled down the stock quickly, and
they're just getting caught back up.

Do we happen to know when stores usually get refills? I was hoping to
use my coupons at the last week before expiring, but I don't think I
should do that.

They get more stock when the truck pulls up in back and unloads the
stock. Then it just depends on when they bring it out from the back
room.

This depends on when the headquarters ships some their way, and when
the manufacturer ships it to them.

Given the obvious observation that trucks deliver to large stores
pretty continuously, what made you think there would be a specific time?

Alan

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:21:52 -0700 pj wrote:
| Ant wrote:
| On 4/19/2008 8:43 PM PT, typed:
|
| Last week, they had about 20 of these on the shelf. Today, all
| gone. Are
| they popular or something?
|
| I noticed this too, about two weeks after I got my "coupon" from ye
| olde government they just disappeared. However, two weeks later
| (today), Wal-Mart had plenty of the RCA unit it stock (but nary a
| Magnavox) and I picked one up for my parents. I figured the coupons
| started hitting mailboxes and pulled down the stock quickly, and
| they're just getting caught back up.
|
| Do we happen to know when stores usually get refills? I was hoping to
| use my coupons at the last week before expiring, but I don't think I
| should do that.
|
| On commodity items, Wal-Mart usually makes the
| vendor/manufacturer responsible to monitor
| regional warehouse and store stock levels and
| ship as needed.

I've noticed some products at Wal-Mart sell out and take quite a while to
get back in stock. Does Wal-Mart provide instant sales reports to vendors?


| Store stock levels will have larger swings and
| scheduling of deliveries will be less predictable.

And in turn, for consumable items like food, people will buy out stock faster
and make it even harder to keep shelves stocked. That shouldn't be so much
of a problem with converter coupons. But I can see issues on the horizon if
the stocking problems get worse and people can't find one before the coupon
expires.

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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:32:42 +0000 (UTC) Alan wrote:

| Given the obvious observation that trucks deliver to large stores
| pretty continuously, what made you think there would be a specific time?

The manager at the Wal-Mart store near here was able to tell me without even
looking at a schedule, on what days trucks "usually" arrive for certain types
of products. Trucks come and go every day. But specific item types come in
only on specific delivery schedules. But he did note that often, an out of
stock item might not come in at all (we were discussing one that had not been
in the store for 6 weeks) and that sometimes it is because the item is out of
stock at the warehouse, and sometimes it is low priority and does not make it
onto the truck. He mentioned they almost never send partial truckloads.

What I wonder is, once the truck is emptied at the store, if there is a vendor
nearby not too far off the return route, would it be feasible to divert the
empty truck over there and pick up a load to go to the warehouse?

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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:30:15 -0700 Ant wrote:
| On 4/20/2008 9:32 PM PT, Alan typed:
|
| In article Ant writes:
| On 4/19/2008 8:43 PM PT, typed:
|
| Last week, they had about 20 of these on the shelf. Today, all gone. Are
| they popular or something?
| I noticed this too, about two weeks after I got my "coupon" from ye
| olde government they just disappeared. However, two weeks later
| (today), Wal-Mart had plenty of the RCA unit it stock (but nary a
| Magnavox) and I picked one up for my parents. I figured the coupons
| started hitting mailboxes and pulled down the stock quickly, and
| they're just getting caught back up.
| Do we happen to know when stores usually get refills? I was hoping to
| use my coupons at the last week before expiring, but I don't think I
| should do that.
|
| They get more stock when the truck pulls up in back and unloads the
| stock. Then it just depends on when they bring it out from the back
| room.
|
| This depends on when the headquarters ships some their way, and when
| the manufacturer ships it to them.
|
| Given the obvious observation that trucks deliver to large stores
| pretty continuously, what made you think there would be a specific time?
|
| Some stores (e.g., Best Buy, Circuit City) don't get refills often, like
| once a week from I noticed.

I found out that is approximately true for Circuit City. There are exceptions.
During the holidays they were getting delivery more often, and sometimes they
do get small deliveries via carriers like UPS (possibly direct from vendor).

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On Apr 21, 1:57*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:32:42 +0000 (UTC) Alan wrote:

| *Given the obvious observation that trucks deliver to large stores
| pretty continuously, what made you think there would be a specific time?

The manager at the Wal-Mart store near here was able to tell me without even
looking at a schedule, on what days trucks "usually" arrive for certain types
of products. *Trucks come and go every day. *But specific item types come in
only on specific delivery schedules. *But he did note that often, an out of
stock item might not come in at all (we were discussing one that had not been
in the store for 6 weeks) and that sometimes it is because the item is out of
stock at the warehouse, and sometimes it is low priority and does not make it
onto the truck. *He mentioned they almost never send partial truckloads.

What I wonder is, once the truck is emptied at the store, if there is a vendor
nearby not too far off the return route, would it be feasible to divert the
empty truck over there and pick up a load to go to the warehouse?

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That is known as "backhaul" and it does happen. With a company like
Wal-Mart though, you never know. Their supply chain is massive and
global. The chances of the supplier of any particular item being
local to you and being between your local store and the Wal-Mart
distribution center is low. You probably won't see this though as I'm
using Google groups.

-beaumon

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:10:24 -0700 (PDT) wrote:

| On Apr 21, 1:57?pm, wrote:
| On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:32:42 +0000 (UTC) Alan wrote:
|
| | ?Given the obvious observation that trucks deliver to large stores
| | pretty continuously, what made you think there would be a specific time?
|
| The manager at the Wal-Mart store near here was able to tell me without even
| looking at a schedule, on what days trucks "usually" arrive for certain types
| of products. ?Trucks come and go every day. ?But specific item types come in
| only on specific delivery schedules. ?But he did note that often, an out of
| stock item might not come in at all (we were discussing one that had not been
| in the store for 6 weeks) and that sometimes it is because the item is out of
| stock at the warehouse, and sometimes it is low priority and does not make it
| onto the truck. ?He mentioned they almost never send partial truckloads.
|
| What I wonder is, once the truck is emptied at the store, if there is a vendor
| nearby not too far off the return route, would it be feasible to divert the
| empty truck over there and pick up a load to go to the warehouse?
|
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| That is known as "backhaul" and it does happen. With a company like
| Wal-Mart though, you never know. Their supply chain is massive and
| global. The chances of the supplier of any particular item being
| local to you and being between your local store and the Wal-Mart
| distribution center is low. You probably won't see this though as I'm
| using Google groups.

I don't buy that logic. Now, I don't mean local to _me_ specifically.
Given the scale of Wal-Mart, any one supplier is likely to be near at
least ONE of their Wal-Mart stores. So it would seem reasonable to me
for that supplier to hire the Wal-Mart "backhaul" to carry their products
to the warehouse. It's the "green" thing to do.

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What is the converter price at Walmart? RS has them for $60 less
coupon.
Cass