Ok, No problem. You have no respect and in fact express sentiments approaching hatred for anybody who makes a mistake and you wish upon them foreclosure bankruptcy and the destitution and starvation of their family, their employees and their employee's families. (This is the logical extension of what YOU said.) I sincerely appreciate you making yourself so clear. Nobody blames you for not having a part. I'm telling you the consequences. Its a choice you make.
In the case of Harbor Freight they have less and less selection. Is it working for them? Maybe. I don't know. I know that in the past I would always check Harbor Freight for a single use tool or tools to be used in high loss environments. Now I usually don't. Their huge reduction in selection doesn't just mean I don't buy the tool they don't have, but I often don't even check for the tool they do have. Its not just because they didn't have just one part as illustrated in my example. Its because they didn't have one part or one tool many times. Is my business unimportant to them. Probably. It doesn't mean that the loss of sales they could have made from many different people who also quit checking does not have an impact.
You do you Ed. I will do me, and that farmer you so despise and revile will take care of his business and his family whether that includes either of us or not. In your case probably not.
I once asked my dad why he had a huge selection of grade 2 grade 5 and grade 8 bolts in bulk bins in his country hardware store that was next door to my mom's country grocery and general store. My example was his example. I understood it to mean if you don't have the things people expect you to have for the type of business you have they will give up on you. They will get what they need elsewhere, and while they are there they will buy everything else too. I didn't get bogged down in petty details like you did. It was an example. Like a parable it was to illustrate a point. So is that farmer who is a member of my community, donates to the local youth organizations, and supports your business deserving of your contempt because he didn't have a part you think he should have instead of bother you in your hardware store. Probably not.
We had farmers come in for field bolts to be used as shear pins. They were back up and running in a short time. Were they stupid. We didn't think so. They made money, supported our businesses, paid taxes that supported our school, and donated to local youth organizations. We believed in supporting those who supported us even if it was just stocking some lower turn rate items. Some of those farmers were my first customers in my own business ventures.
I see you are well invested in being right. Okay you can be right. I won't buy stock from you that you won't have. I'll order it from out of town, and stock my own. Since I'm sitting at my computer ordering stuff I'll get everything else as well. I may even have my groceries delivered from Amazon while I'm at it. That's okay. You are right.