Reminds me of when I went to Barnes and Nobel to buy one of Rush Limbaugh’s books.
I knew it was selling very well, but I couldn’t find it in the Bestseller section, so I asked a clerk who appeared to me to probably be a little light in the loafers. He said, “Tck. There’s a huge stack of them over here (in another section). I don’t know why they bought so many copies!” There was another guy who overheard this. So, we all went over there to this “huge stack” and there were exactly 2 copies left. I bought one and the guy who overheard bought the other one.
I went to my locally owned bookstore looking for Limbaugh’s books too. They didn’t carry his books even though he was selling more than anyone else. Needless to say, my local bookstore never saw my business again.