That's a lot of stuff to be missing.. make sure you check outside in Lawn and Garden for some of the bulky stuff. If there was that much showing, I'd walk EVERY aisle, check every overhead. If it's nowhere to be found, they may be hiding some out back in receiving.
For the outdoor power tools, checking outside is crucial (and something I wouldn't have thought of before this morning). Hit a store this morning that was the only one showing stock of the pressure washers (inv said 1 checking from another store, the stores inventory itself said 2).
Poked around a bit unsuccessfully before asking the lawn and garden guy. He said they had 2 nice ones outside that were reconditioned, but they were gone when he lead me there. He looked around a bit more and said they probably didn't clear inventory when someone bought them yesterday (maybe they were on a generic SKU?).
At any rate, check outside... I didn't even really know HD sold reconditioned tools and I certainly didn't know the recons could show up in inventory counts.
Did get a couple of the 4gal hot water heaters and some of the $0.53 Bessey clamps, so it wasn't a total bust.
This was also the first time i've hit a store early in the morning (about 6:15AM). It was raining and the store was dead, but I did notice all the employees were really nice and seemed genuine. I wonder if they get less accommodating as the day goes on and they're worn out from running around dealing with customers - I know I probably would!
