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What Weird Shortages Are You Seeing Now?

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October 05, 2021, 07:35 PM
vandrv
What Weird Shortages Are You Seeing Now?
I was in the grocery store today and noticed a lot of shelves were somewhat empty, but the section with the packaged lunch meat was almost completely bare.
October 05, 2021, 07:36 PM
bald1
Vinyl siding



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October 05, 2021, 07:44 PM
jaaron11
Canada Dry Bold Ginger Ale


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October 05, 2021, 09:41 PM
mikeyspizza
quote:
Originally posted by Pistolria:
Satin and semi gloss paint. Trying to get my house painted and it's out or hard to get everywhere right now locally. Believe it or not we can't get pro-biotics for our dog that needs them for stomach issues. So strange the random crap that is unavailable.
As a courier I transfer paint from one Sherwin-Williams store to another. Most are all but out of actual paint.

I'm repainting 2 rooms that were done in SW originally. Can't get paint from SW, but Lowe's has plenty of HGTV paint by SW
October 05, 2021, 09:49 PM
Rightwire
Nutter butter cookies. In fact the cookie aisle at my local Kroger has been bare for weeks. Soups seem to be running pretty thin right now too. For some reason crackers also seem to be in very short supply. Oyster, Salteen, you name it, bare shelves. I heard a customer complaining today about not being able to get Cheeto's for weeks. The butcher area has also been closed although you can buy packaged meat. Seafood was short for a while but that seems back.

I ran into the Kroger manger today and he said he's actually considering re-arranging aisles temporarily to fill the empty spaces. It's really odd the items that are short.




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October 05, 2021, 10:00 PM
specter77
Turkey Bacon and Sausage. My wife and I went to three different stores, nada. Does not bother us, we eat the real stuff. The rest of the family has to suck it up.

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October 05, 2021, 10:38 PM
slosig
quote:
Originally posted by sigfreund:
* For the coffee sno …, afficionados: Yes, the fact that I like them is indeed proof that I don’t like the taste of coffee. So there. Razz

I took a wine tasting class in college. The guy actual taught us a lot about wine, but he was clear that at the end of the day almost all this stuff is irrelevant. What matters is what *you* like the taste of, not what is rated as a good wine. I see no reason why the same logic shouldn’t be applied to coffee. Besides, if we all liked the same stuff life might get boring.
October 05, 2021, 10:42 PM
texassierra
quote:
Originally posted by Expat:
G-Spec US Flags. Nylon, 3.5 x 6.6. I've had two vendors return funds. Another has been holding funds for about 3 weeks. Price keeps going up with each new search.


Try your US congressman's office online. Most offer them flown over the capital building and not flown. They're available in different sizes nylon or cotton.


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October 05, 2021, 10:44 PM
scratchy
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October 05, 2021, 10:54 PM
OKCGene
quote:
Originally posted by texassierra:
quote:
Originally posted by Expat:
G-Spec US Flags. Nylon, 3.5 x 6.6. I've had two vendors return funds. Another has been holding funds for about 3 weeks. Price keeps going up with each new search.


Try your US congressman's office online. Most offer them flown over the capital building and not flown. They're available in different sizes nylon or cotton.


Is nylon or cotton better?
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October 06, 2021, 01:00 AM
LS1 GTO
quote:
Originally posted by ensigmatic:
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Cat food

Yup. Weirdly enough: Cat food. My wife just mentioned this to me a couple days ago.


It's all being diverted to South Africa. The Prawns have lessened about Amazon.






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October 06, 2021, 01:10 AM
XLT
I'm a cabinet maker and cant get hinges and drawer slides it's been three months since I have seen one. also paint and lacquer is tough to find. had a shortage of good plywood but thats not as bad now.
October 06, 2021, 02:11 AM
92fstech
quote:
Originally posted by XLT:
I'm a cabinet maker and cant get hinges and drawer slides it's been three months since I have seen one. also paint and lacquer is tough to find. had a shortage of good plywood but thats not as bad now.


I have a friend who owns a manufacturing company. One of his primary products is drawer slides. I was talking to him last week and he said it's been like pulling teeth to get raw materials. He said his last order of steel, they were only able to get him 1/4 of what he asked for, and it took weeks longer than normal.
October 06, 2021, 03:42 AM
Opus Dei
quote:
Originally posted by jaaron11:
Canada Dry Bold Ginger Ale
Same. 1/2 Bold+1/2 pineapple juice was the only sustenance I had with coronavirus because I could taste it.
October 06, 2021, 09:51 AM
bendable
According to the bone head phone monkey at Casey's corporate office in Iowa,
Deep fat fryers and parts for them don't exist anywhere in the universe.

Meanwhile
I walked by 26 of them at the local Wal Mart





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October 06, 2021, 09:53 AM
Fed161
V8 Energy Drinks. Can't find them anywhere. And I sure have looked.
October 06, 2021, 09:55 AM
chellim1
Ivermectin



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October 06, 2021, 09:57 AM
Leemur
Drywall corner bead and small sheet metal screws.
October 06, 2021, 10:04 AM
Expat
quote:
Originally posted by texassierra:
quote:
Originally posted by Expat:
G-Spec US Flags. Nylon, 3.5 x 6.6. I've had two vendors return funds. Another has been holding funds for about 3 weeks. Price keeps going up with each new search.


Try your US congressman's office online. Most offer them flown over the capital building and not flown. They're available in different sizes nylon or cotton.


Thanks. I'll give it a shot.

OKCGene. I've always thought Nylon was more weather and wind resistant, but I may be wrong.
October 06, 2021, 10:52 AM
maladat
I'm in the middle of a remodel. It was a nightmare finding high quality prefinished hardwood flooring that we could get in less than six months.