Ref: Ridgid Drill Press
I checked every store within 3 hours of my house.
Not a single one anywhere, I was surprised.
While I won't totally dismiss the online inventory accuracy, since they were located in California (good score !!) I can tell you that in my case today, it was completely wrong, on several separate accounts (Secaucus, Totowa NJ), and in conflict with the actual store inventory system the employees use where it showed in stock at 2 other stores. What follows is a bit long, but I'm posting this to help those who are still searching.
Online showed 2 in the Secaucus NJ store. None in Lodi, none in Paterson, none in Totowa (besides zero in every other store I looked at within driving distance).
When I got to Totowa, the helpful (seriously, he was great) employee checked his handheld device and it showed not 2, but 3 in stock. A thorough scouring of the store turned up nothing. His system said Lodi and Paterson each had 1 (while my looking online said they had zero). He personally called each store, and asked them to do a VISUAL to confirm whether in fact it was really in stock. (He said anytime you call ask them to please do a visual check, otherwise you could be wasting your time if you drive a distance).
Both stores, after a long time searching, came up blank. Dejected, I thanked him and left.
Driving home, I almost passed the Totowa store (which had shown zero on the online inventory when I checked) but decided maybe it was wrong. Damn, if it wasn't !! Right there, at belt height on the first shelf, was a sealed box. I grabbed it of course. On the way home, I checked the Riverdale NJ store hoping they had one (for my brother) but no good.
So folks, the moral of the story is, it's worth checking in person, at every store you can get to. The 3 I thought had 1 (or more), had none, and 1 that had none (according to the online system) had one.
Hope more of you have the same luck I did.
Viz
