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Way To Leverage Those Databases, Dipshits

Am I missing something, or does neither Borders-cum-Amazon.com nor Barnes&Noble.com do real-time inventory/availability/in-store pickup for their retail shops? Why not? Obvious answer is cost versus yield per units, I guess. But still, if Best Buy can do it…