I've got a strange one along the same lines. G/F was looking for a helmet to match the bike. It was a HD branded helmet of course.
Nobody had one local, but one of the shops gave me the names of HD shops that showed them in inventory. I contacted a shop in NY an confirmed that they had the one in the size that I was looking for. I then asked them if they would ship it to me, which the woman said that would be "no problem".
I gave her my name and address, when she heard that I lived in AZ she was puzzled. Said that she wouldn't sell it to me because they want to keep it for their customers. I said 2 minutes ago that you said that it wouldn't be a problem shipping it to me. She said that is before she found out that I didn't live in NY. I asked to speak to the store mgr.and her reply was that he wasn't in.
I told her what she could do with her helmet.
Ended up getting one off ebay for cheaper anyways.

 

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