As a salesman, I keep an eye out for trends. For whatever reason, certain things sell at certain times, others at other times, and sometimes things simply come into demand out of the blue.
There is an accessory for the Electric Eel (Electric Eel: for all your drain cleaning needs!) called a feeding tool. It helps 'feed' the steel cable into a pipeline. You get one with every Model C machine purchase. Yet I've never actually sold many of them piecemeal. Indeed I had sold so few that I quit stocking them. Then one random day a random guy asked for one, and I ordered two. One for him, one for stock because, well, why not?
The gentleman picked his up and the other sold soon thereafter. I ordered two more.
Those sold in a New York minute. I ordered two more, which likewise moved out of the old barn in haste. So, methinks, there appears a trend hath developed. Yon feeding tool be in demand. I ordered six. Last May.
If you need a second guess how many I still have in stock today, March 1, 2024, you are denser than granite. I guess trends work in both directions.
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