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Yep, sometimes it's tough to buy local. And I'm not sure how much purchasing from Walmart is an improvement over purchasing from Amazon.

Many years ago I was a manager of a retail parts store for a year. When we did inventory, they wanted as close to 100% in stock as possible because if you don't have stuff, you can't sell stuff. Of course, it's entirely possible that most of that stuff is run by computers and algorithms that maximize profit and minimize the amount of money tied up in inventory that doesn't sell these days and the managers have less choice about what they do and don't get into the store.