From: lalbert1@aol.com   
      
   On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 11:44:11 -0500, Boron Elgar   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.> ...   
      
      
   There must be something to the shortage stories that keep showing all   
   those cargo ships waiting to offload at Long Beach and other S.Ca   
   ports.  And those news stories also show the cargo containers that   
   have already been unloaded but don't have truckers to pick them up.   
   Here is an article from today's Wash. Post about what is happeining   
   with some selected products. You may not be a customer for a puffer   
   jacket, or wine, or certain Christmas trees used as examples, but it   
   is a good explanatory article.  See it at https://tinyurl.com/36nfxmdx   
      
   Les   
      
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