Finally gave up on spreadsheets for inventory tracking

Spent 3 years using Google Sheets for my small hardware store inventory. Last month I ran out of 3/4 inch copper fittings twice in one week. Lost about $400 in potential sales because I kept telling people "next Tuesday" and they went to Home Depot instead. My wife finally showed me a free inventory app called Sortly. Took me 4 hours to set up. Now I get low stock alerts on my phone. Anyone else stick with a bad system way too long because you felt like you had it "under control"?

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andrewh434mo ago

Spent a whole afternoon hunting for a part that was out of stock" - yeah been there. My method was driving to the supply house and staring at the empty shelf like it was gonna magically refill itself.

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evab524mo ago

Oh man, I used to be all "spreadsheets are fine, I know exactly what I have." Then I spent a whole afternoon hunting for a part that was out of stock. You're making me rethink things.

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