From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 11:44:11 -0500, Boron Elgar   
    wrote:   
      
   >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?   
   >>   
   >snip   
   >>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.   
   >   
   >Snip   
   >>   
   >>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.   
      
      
   And my nearest Costco had hundreds of turkeys, as did each of two of   
   my local supermarket chains that I visited in the past week. Normal   
   pre holiday bird surfeit.   
      
   Harder to get good rutabagas, though.   
      
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