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We are in the last stages of our kitchen remodel and went to the Home Depot for the tile that will surround the stove area. We picked out a beautiful brushed nickle pattern and then found out that there was only one tile in stock. Trying to save time, we asked the sales person to check if the next closest store had the item in stock. We needed 7 tiles. He entered the SKU into his system and said that they had 18 tiles in stock. We drove to the other store and went to the kitchen area only to find that there were none of that pattern. We asked the salesperson to check his stock and his records also said that he had 18. He looked and looked and they were nowhere to be found. After 45 minutes he called another store and they said they had a lot of the tiles. I asked for that store to physically look and make sure before we drove there. They said they saw them on the floor. Today we will go and get them and hopefully they will still be there.