that would really help. there are a lot of things that i want that are out of stock and would love to know about when they'll be back in stock.

Actually, you can set alerts on products that are out of stock, and you will be notified when it comes back into stock. JR actually did a really nice tutorial on this a little while ago. When a product is out of stock, there will be an option to set an alert for "Back in stock" right above where "New similar product is released" is in the pop up alerts box seen in the tutorial. We've had this feature for a while, and it's really handy!

Hope that helps

Yeah, that would be a great idea.
Because I'm sitting here, planing my next shopping. And because of the shipping costs I'd like to buy it all at once. But I don't know - should I wait or not.

Would be a great feature.

I add my agreement to this, it would be helpful instead of waiting days on end for a product that i wanted to add to my order. I did that once, then when i was going to buy it, it poofed out of stock later that day AGAIN!

I agree. Or at least mention when products are getting low on stock like some other sites do. I'm still waiting on a DVD to come back in stock from six months ago even though it's not mentioned as discontinued. I also keep ordering board games only to have them never ship because I'm told they're out of stock even though they're listed as in-stock on the product page.

Perhaps EF could somehow link their inventory tracking information with the product pages. I've seen some sites where it will list "X number available." Of course this could be a total gimmick, but I have seen where they listed 2 left and I bought both and the listing then changed to out of stock. This would help with preventing things from running out before you decide to purchase.

Knowing when things are going to be back in stock is much harder since they are at the mercy of the company/distributor of the toy. They can potentially give estimates, but it would not necessarily be reliable.