It's mostly just a side effect of just-in-time delivery. Modern businesses don't want to risk having too much inventory, so they instead end up having too littl

It's mostly just a side effect of just-in-time delivery. Modern businesses don't want to risk having too much inventory, so they instead end up having too little. I'm sure they don't mind the extra publicity gained from a sold-out product, but that's such a common occurrence these days that its bound to start losing its effectiveness. Also, comparing someone who obsessively checks a website to see if an item is in stock to a person who physically assaults someone in order to save a few bucks is really ridiculous. No, they aren't in any way similar. Another thing to consider is how quickly Google got the Nexus 10 tablets back in stock. The 16 Gig model was only sold out for about a day. The 32 Gig model was out of stock for several days, but now they are back in. I think that Google is working as hard as they can, its just that the number of people willing to shell out the money for a smartphone is significantly higher than the amount of people who are ready to drop 400-500 on a device that they may not need as badly.