From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Howard submitted this idea :   
      
   > and while I've heard about car makers being effected,   
   > a quick look at the website of a couple of dealers seems to show they   
   > have a lot in stock.   
      
   You do know that the cars sold in the fall were made in the summer or   
   spring, right?   
      
   [The used car market seems seriously disturbed in a different way]   
      
      
   > The last time I was at a grocery store I didn't   
   > recall any trouble finding anything,   
      
   Most of the large chains have enough warehouse stock to cover for a   
   time, but I've seen evidence of some shelve space that goes bare (such   
   as a 10 ft section, which is a huge amount of product except for   
   diapers) before being restocked.   
      
   The local Ikea has a number of products that are "temporarily not   
   available", and which products are in that category have shifted over   
   the past few months  (a lamp I was looking for was restocked after   
   about 2 months).   
      
   And I'm not sure Christmas goods would be a good indicator ... I   
   imagine that those are considered priority items, as are high margin   
   items like iPhones, and when Apple shifted processors recently they   
   probably stocked a large number of those chips to handle product   
   introduction surge.   
      
   I've seen that the demand for older chips that often the supporting   
   cast on a circuit board has maxed out the fabs that specialize in   
   those, and the low margin means adding fabs depends on a long term   
   increase in demand.   
      
   /dps   
      
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