COVID World - What Can You Still Not Find?
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
Oh how COVID has disrupted everything. Supply chains are totally screwed for a million different reasons.
I turn on my xBox probably 4 times a year, yet I want to buy a new one. Only problem is they came out around thanksgiving last year and I still haven’t seen one in a store. Same with a PS5 (PlayStation 5). I even have an app on my phone that alerts me when they are instock online and I haven’t been able to grab one, although I’m not trying that hard to begin with.
What’s something you’ve had trouble still finding? I know at one point it seemed like everything was hard to find, but there’s still issues.
I know some other common things:
Pet food, especially “higher end” brands.
Beer, wine and liquor, certain brands. Locally they’ve been out of Corona Lite, an associate from work came and visited me a few months ago and flipped out because he went into a grocery store and found Modelo in cans, he said he can’t find it anywhere and left here with 8 cases worth for him and his friends.
Chicken Wings. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve gone to a local restaurant and tried to order them, and they told me their food supplier was out.
I turn on my xBox probably 4 times a year, yet I want to buy a new one. Only problem is they came out around thanksgiving last year and I still haven’t seen one in a store. Same with a PS5 (PlayStation 5). I even have an app on my phone that alerts me when they are instock online and I haven’t been able to grab one, although I’m not trying that hard to begin with.
What’s something you’ve had trouble still finding? I know at one point it seemed like everything was hard to find, but there’s still issues.
I know some other common things:
Pet food, especially “higher end” brands.
Beer, wine and liquor, certain brands. Locally they’ve been out of Corona Lite, an associate from work came and visited me a few months ago and flipped out because he went into a grocery store and found Modelo in cans, he said he can’t find it anywhere and left here with 8 cases worth for him and his friends.
Chicken Wings. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve gone to a local restaurant and tried to order them, and they told me their food supplier was out.
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What is missing is criminal prosecution for Gavin Newsom and for Sarah Cody.
SJG
SJG
The other thing you can't find right now is a reasonably priced house. A house 3 doors down from me just sold for the 3rd time in the 12 years since I bought my place. The 1st time it sold about 10 years ago it went for $149k, the 2nd time it sold about 3 years ago it went for $185k. I figured that was a reasonable price increase because in the 7 years that owner had it he replaced the roof, windows and siding which cost him around $20k. About a month ago it hit the market listed at $280k and I laughed because I know the only work that had been done since the last time it sold was to repaint a couple of the bedrooms because they didn't like the color. It sold the same week it was listed and it actually went for over asking price and brought $294k.
I had never planned to sell my current house but after seeing that I called the realtor that handled the sale and had them come over to see what they thought I should list mine for. My house is about the same size and age as that house but it sits on 12.5 acres instead of the 4 acres that house had. I bought mine in 2009 for $140k and it was appraised by the county for tax purposes in 2019 at $195k. The realtor said she would list it at $360k and would expect it to have competing bids over asking price.
I love my house and especially the land that it is on but that has me seriously considering selling it and finding a cheap place to rent until the bubble bursts before buying a new place.
Ordinary consumers see shortages at Wal Mart and long lines at Starbucks but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The supply chain in the manufacturing world is in utter chaos right now and not getting better. I can certainly understand why hoards of workers nearing retirement are walking away. I may be next
We really need to make more stuff here again.
Large appliances have been a hot mess. I know a couple of people who had their refrigerators or washers die, and they wound up buying appliances that they didn't necessarily like because what they wanted was on back-order for an unknown number of months.
I agree prices have escalated like crazy but be careful trying to wait for the bubble to burst. RE prices have held steady for some periods of time but they’ve rarely ever decreased. Sell if you’re looking for something else, but it will be hard to time a drop. Plus, with rates so low you’re probably in a sub 3% mortgage. You’ll be taking some interest rate risk over time. I don’t know you’re whole situation and you’ll know best, wanted to add some thoughts. Carry on. 👍🏼
Dammit
Bless them for their blunt honesty, I guess.
Something else 1 every time I go into the grocery store I can never find Tostitos. They are out EVERY SINGLE TIME. Just the shitty multi-grain ones are left.
SJG
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Transmitting Viruses
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And a Big Thank You to TUSCL and its Leadership!
There’s store brands and some off brands but it’s been hard to find Oscar Meyer for more than a year
and Yum canned cat food is a real bitch to find anymore
And The Pixies aren't much help in finding it, either.
https://youtu.be/49FB9hhoO6c
A good quality couch
Electronics
Spent a week looking for a new phone
Lots of foods.
Fresh meat.
Crackers
New cars also are just not worth the hassle right now.