A store can sell out of anything if it only had a half dozen in stock to begin with. This is especially the case if the store doesn't have an agreement with the

A store can sell out of anything if it only had a half dozen in stock to begin with. This is especially the case if the store doesn't have an agreement with the supplier to return any unsold stock after N days. (This kind of free lunch hedging is probably how most units were shipped, if this 25k units-sold floor is true.)