From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:38:06 -0000 (UTC), Howard    
   wrote:   
      
   >There's been a constant drumbeat in the news about supply chain   
   >problems, although I have to admit I'm struggling to think of the last   
   >time I really struck out finding something. It's not like spring of 2020   
   >that I've seen, when toilet paper, flour and other goods really were in   
   >short supply.   
   >   
   >Are there things readers here are just not able to get?   
   >   
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   >This doesn't mean there aren't spot shortages of certain goods, though,   
   >and I recognize that sometimes shortages just mean higher prices rather   
   >than a complete lack of something.   
      
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   >   
   >I'm curious what things IRL posters here couldn't find in a store the   
   >last time they shopped.   
      
   I think the shortage messaging is generally a crock and click-bait,   
   with some political overtones to it..   
      
   It isn't as if some things don't sell out in the run up to Christmas.   
   I recall not being able to get the hottest toys or electronics in days   
   gone by, and this year there are still chip shortages caused by   
   backlogs from the pandemic, but ya know, some times that happens with   
   items without pandemics.   
      
   I am an over-eager consumer and shopper, both online and at places   
   like Costco.I admit my shortcomings, but I have seen no shortages or   
   empty shelves.  I have seen higher prices, however, but that is   
   another story.   
      
   I have recently made it a point when any local news coverage talks   
   about shortages to respond and try to get to the bottom of it. Local   
   online news today wrote about a woman who cannot get a turkey due to   
   "shortages"  and higher pricing, so she would substitute Cornish hens.   
   I have never seen game hens cheaper than turkey, even this year's   
   turkeys, but hey, not as outrage-building as saying turkeys are in   
   short supply and outrageously priced.   
      
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