On: Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early days

[tener]

And nobody gamed it by visiting the competitors first...?

[PhasmaFelis → tener]

First-time customers probably don't know about it, and even repeat customers may not remember. It's not really a "checkmate" move, just a little bit of strategy.

[Freak_NL → tener]

The percentage of people who actively try to game these situations is probably negligible.