BlackAndGold

No argument from me. I suspect they're accustomed to being able to leverage their quantities to get what they want. I suspect they probably could get that, but not at the price they want, especially when the factory has other customers willing to pay more.

How short lived their inventory was for the second time surprises me. It sure feels like this is an unused capacity buy. It's understandable that they may have not estimated demand the first time around, but the second? If Costco was interested in having this product as well stocked as most of their products I would have expected ample quantities in warehouses by now. It's the unofficial halfway point of golf season and with father's day just passing, the peak of golf ball buying. It's not like them to miss out on that kind of oppurtunity.