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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 5178705, member: 105098&quot;]I suppose they would have to actually have 100 pounds of cheese or any other item in stock, but I&#039;m kind of doubtful a general store would have carried that kind of inventory of one item at one time as refrigeration and storage was an issue, maybe of a dry good though.....</p><p>I suppose they would get your order filled given enough time depending on what it was.There was a whole lot of &quot;credit ledgers&quot; back then if they knew you, and you&#039;d pay up when it hit a certain point rather than going back and forth with change, it was simpler times and smaller everything, but harder for people in general to thrive really. </p><p>Also it was common to go in, place an order for what you needed in advance and come back to collect it whenever the shop owner said they would have the order filled by because he would only have so much of certain things and other things would need to be special ordered and brought in from wherever he could get it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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