So the day has come that I can no longer find (in any store) the deodorant which I have been using for as long as I can remember.... ordered online.

Can no longer locate a batter (looks like a couple stores carry it, but are out of stock)... ordered online.

I didn't think the day would come where I would be purchasing hygiene and food products online!

Yep. Bigger markets get fed by more vendors, but that still came as a surprise to me when I needed to pick up stuff for the electric shaver, too.

When they stopped carrying my deodorant at the grocery store, it was because it was being discontinued. I could have bought it online for a few months more but they eventually ran out of it too. So you should start looking for new brands to try out.

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^^^ unfortunately, I believe your right on the deoderant.

I need a special skin sensitive deodorant and have been buying it online for years. Just recently I had to buy our favorite syrup on line as no local supermarkets carry it. Maybe a Covid thing?

Kroger and CVS used to carry about 4 brands of deodorant but now carry only one. Target is no better.

There was a GUM dental floss that you could buy pretty much anywhere 5-6 years ago. Now the stores only carry the Glide stuff (useless). I had to order dental floss from the manufacturer last week. WTF?

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Even if I can find it in stores, I find it's usually noticeably cheaper to buy stuff like soap/deoderant/etc. in bulk online.

Buy a 6 pack or 8 pack, and stick it in the bathroom closet. It's not like it goes bad. And you'll often save money in the long run.

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Originally posted by Paten:
When they stopped carrying my deodorant at the grocery store, it was because it was being discontinued.

Barbasol discontinued my favorite shaving cream (Arctic Chill) a few years ago. I bought about 12 cans from various places before the stock ran out. Sadly, I'm now down to my very last can.

We are buying online more and more as well.

We have been buying more and more stuff online instead of in store. Just easier not having to drive to the store and deal with mask BS.

We've also been doing much more of this in the vinnybass household.

Porn first, then a lot more

As a retailer I hate doing it. But living in rural America there are just some things I can't get in the store. Mint flavor Rolaids? Nope, they have fruit flavor at our local stores. Ralston Hot Cereal. Not anywhere so I order it on line. I just needed a VGA to HDMI adapter. local computer store down the street not only didn't have one, they told me they didn't make them. So yup, online.

I’ve had to resort to buying calcium online. As of the last few months, neither grocery stores or the drug store have it anymore. Used to buy a bottle just before running out. Now I buy several months supply online.

There are a lot of things I'd prefer to buy in an actual store but everyone's inventory just sucks and it was that way before the kungflu.