The two most frustrating parts about online shopping are 1) the Byzantine pricing model, and 2) the inability to keep anything in stock. I don't need the silly

The two most frustrating parts about online shopping are 1) the Byzantine pricing model, and 2) the inability to keep anything in stock. I don't need the silly vanity of thinking I got some amazing "deal" at 40% off when your prices are clearly just inflated by 40+% across the board to start with. It's a tremendous waste of my time to have to figure out which items qualify for which promotions, only to be disappointed at checkout by some technicality. Even worse is finally picking a few hundred dollars worth of clothing to buy only to find out none of the normal sizes are in stock. I cannot believe how many retailers are still failing the absolute basics like inventory, yet insist on investing billions in tracking everything we do, everywhere we go to hijack our privacy and attention with ads.