Why refuse?

Why would a watch shop refuse to sell you a watch if they have a full inventory? Mr. Krabs walks into a high-end watch store in London. He has £100,000 in cold hard cash and he wants to buy a prestigious Rolex worth £50,000. Easy buy? He hits a financial wall. The man in the suit behind the glass counter shakes his head and tells Mr. Krabs there's an exclusive 5-year waiting list. Just to touch the watch. But Rolex isn't out of stock at all. Their backroom vault is packed to the ceiling with inventory. The manufacturer purposefully hides the Rolexes and creates an artificial shortage that drives the secondary market prices through the roof. But Mr. Krabs is clever. He knows that sitting on a 5-year waiting list is ordinary for ordinary customers. So instead of begging for the watch, he turns around and points at the dustiest, slowest moving Oysterflexes and Explorers. He buys £40,000 worth of dead retail stock that he has absolutely no intention of wearing. Because the second Mr. Krabs clears out their unsellable inventory, he magically flashes to the absolute top of the system's highest paying customers. The salesman smiles, opens immediately and pulls out the Rolex supposedly impossible to get. He then lists the Rolex on Watchmarket for £100,000, making a £50,000 profit. Mr. Krabs just bought the entire inventory of the store so he can flip the watch online for double the price. Follow for more.