Items you like and bought in the past, no longer available. What to do?
 

Recently I've had a spate of bad luck going back to buy things I really like and bought in the past that are no longer available.

It seems as though every time I buy something I really like, I go back at a date in the future and it's no longer available and I get stuck buying something inferior or I have to settle.

It's been happening with clothing.
I had bought 8 Ben Hogan golf shirts from Walmart that had fantastic unique colors, fit great and looked good on me. I used with my prior company's logo for work shirts. Now no longer working I went to buy new ones and they are no longer available. They are so comfortable and great for everyday and golf but who wants to wear another company's logo when you work for someone else?

I bought a great leather black business card/wallet that had so many compartments and durable and fit everything I needed. (I don't carry money in a wallet oddly) It was a Swiss Army/Victornix that I purchased years ago in Toronto at the Hudson Bay company. Something close but missing some of the functions and an extra compartment from the other.

Lastly I bought several pairs of IZOD Saltwater flat front shorts and I need new ones after losing so much weight non of them fit and of course, they are not available in the size and color I want in any store; Amazon, Kohl, Macy's JC Penney's or IZOD.

I bought Timberlands Kia Wah Bay Boat Show in a wide width and after 3 1/2 years the soles are worn and they no longer make them. One of my favorite shoes ever.

It's happened with grocery items and food at restaurants where some of my favorite dishes all were removed in a period of a few months. I know restaurants turn over their menu but it sucks when you go to a restaurant for a specific dish you love and when you see the menu after you sit down, it's gone!

Do I need to go back after purchase and buy extras of everything I like? :hmmm:

When I go to a restaurant or grocery store do I need to buy extras and freeze the food for the future? :hmmm:

So, how do you deal with this?

• Is this as annoying for you as it is for me?
• Do you every buy extra favorite items for the future?
• Do you even give a shit or just think I'm being a giant whiny bitch? ROFL

Stop liking anything. You're welcome.

Have you tried eBay? I just used the search function on eBay and found lots of the Ben Hogan golf shirts.

Yeah I was going to say the same thing. I don't use eBay much, but if there was something like a discontinued golf shirt I was trying to run down, that would be a good bet.

It might not hurt to call the company (if they're still around) and ask if they're aware of suitable alternatives.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...hirts&_sacat=0

https://www.timberland.com/shop/mens...230r214#hero=0


https://www.amazon.com/Timberland-Me.../dp/B005GYF848

I bought a pair of dc stag2 skate shoes a few years ago that were the most comfortable shoes i have ever bought. Went back to buy another pair after mine wore out and they were gone. Sucks.

I hear you on the IZOD. I had actually bought a few pairs of pants at Sam's Club that were IZOD and they were great and pretty cheap. I didn't see them again and eventually found them again at Kohl's but they were 3 times more expensive.

Update your wardrobe?

Thanks :clap:

My luck with Ebay has been crappy the last few times and so much I've seen was "Imperfect" or "Defect" clothing pulled from regular stores or used crap or as advertised.

I shot Timberland an email and they told me they are being discontinued for new styles. :(

It feeds the need to always make people want something new.

Your issues are not just you. I am picky. I look at a lot of things before I decide. And things that I like cannot be found after 6 months.

Buy as many as you can if you like it. It won't be around next month.

Welcome back.

Planters Cheez Balls .......... I would give my left nut if they still made them.

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Yep! I've been seeing this a lot more over the past 5 years from food items that I've always used in recipes to some home goods and a few clothing lines.

I like really soft towels and many are no longer soft even in the higher end stores or they're outrageously prices. I lucked upon a set and bought a bunch at WalMart, where I never have bought towels before but they were so soft. I only got one color. It wasn't even three months passed, when I went to get another set in another color they were gone, replaced with crap. I am picky about having my towel styles match for each bathroom and I like them to be color coordinated with my decor. Now I have to start all over again for one bathroom. Get's expensive when I have other things to purchase too.

Every year at Christmas I make a large bowl or pitcher of cranberry tea, which my guests LOVE every year. It always gets emptied out. But the brand of cranberry concentrate I used is no longer available at Publix. They always tell me they can special order it, but then contact me and say it's no longer available or discontinued, making it sound as if no one makes it anymore. So I call the maker of it and they say it has not been discontinued. So I go back to Publix and they're like "Oh, and well" we don't carry it anymore to which I say, "Well, I know that!". It's totally circular. Why do they offer to special order it, when they've discontinued it is beyond making any sense. Publix staff tell me they have new products instead. Yeah, well I noticed that. I've tried substitute concentrates and it just does not taste the same.

The maker of it told me what stores had it here, and I went and none of them had it either. What a bummer.

Then I asked Publix to carry a hemp milk in their health section of substitute milks—but the plain and non-sweetened one, not the vanilla and non-sweetened, not the vanilla and sweetened one. They carry it now on the shelves—the one I want then stop. Now they carry the same milk and brand but only the sweetened one. I get the same story as above. I point out to them that I was the one who got them to carry it. Basically, tough luck we're carrying the others instead.

Now there's a line of lingerie I love, fits well, has colors and styles I like but that was discontinued. However, just found out from store that carries it, there were a lot of complaints so they brought it back. If something has been selling, why do they discontinue it?

Another one has been Bed Bath and Beyond. I see things I like on a trip in to get something and plan to get it on another trip to spread out my purchases based on my receivables. In less than a month, item is no longer available. One I found at target, which were a really nice container to freeze food in.

I understand that new products are going to come on the market all the time but it seems it's happening sooner than ever.

Jalapenis mustard is hard to find!

Well, I bet it pisses more people off than it pleases. I know it does me.

I wait in order to look around too and this happens.


Started doing this now but it's front loads all your costs if you have to do it for more than one thing.

I wonder if it even exists. Seems like you can make this one at home for a DIY project. :D

Land's End had a really unique blouse that was perfect professionally. Saw it in the catalog they send me; headed over and it was no where. I asked if they could get it or if online. Nope! All sold out. Said items are online before catalog is even out. I just don't go online first. It's browsing through their catalog that piques my interest in an item. First time this happened.

I tried ebay and it wasn't there either.

I still want it.

That's what I found with Ebay.

Only thing I saw on Ebay that was decent was a bed comforter from Pottery Barn, at same sale price PB sells it for and which is still available on PB.

I love Pottery Barn for home goods.

You just can't buy that good old corrosive antifreeze anymore...

You might be suffering from PPD. Post Purchase Disorder.

I asked for a spice grinder from my daughter, when she asked for ideas on what I would like for Christmas, for this reason. Freshly ground spices, then toasting certain ones to release the flavors. Just heaven!

I have a bunch of mustard seeds now and gonna make my own honey mustard dressing for a really fresh flavor. Ooo-la!la!

Gonna use if for other spices in other recipes too. Things like allspice berries. Got the small batch one because I won't be doing big batches but per recipe for freshest ingredients.

that's sweet of you - thank you.

Lead based paint, DDT, R12 refrigerant.

Trader Joe's Kung Pao bowls

Sounds great. When I was still making gigantic Thanksgiving/Xmas dinners I enjoyed making the glaze for the ham. It always started with brown sugar and stone ground mustard. I bet a spice grinder would have done wonders for it.

No problem. If you end up making jalapeno mustard let us know how it turns out. Sounds really good.

Tart n Tinys now available. They were gone for decades.

I'm pretty sure Doritos changed their taco-flavored chips recipe in the last 5-10 years, and it's a GD disgrace. I went to make taco salad (with Dorothy Lynch, because duh) and BAM - disgust.

I prefer Tartan Tinies:

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Eyeglasses made in America. Bought 2 pair 4 years ago from Costco and were great. Now the 2 pair I got are cheap, flimsy light and uncomfortable. All Chinese shit. Even the Ray bans.

It is mostly Luxottica.

I will!

Tom Ford bud

Sounds like a Hunka Hunka Burning Love

Griffins

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Just can't find any good asbestos these days.

A Walk Man.

The radio apps on your phone suck balls. They are always blacked out etc. They should mass produce more Walk Mans.

Point taken.

Items you like and bought in the past, no longer available. What to do?

Bitch about it on the internet.

Oh, man. Just now the thought popped into my head to use chipotle powder (it's dried/smoked jalapeno) and malt vinegar in some home made mustard. I wonder how it would turn out?

Its nearly impossible to get The Fatty Patty Inflatable sex doll.
Sometimes you get lucky and find them at estate sales or a barn find.
Man I wear those out quick

LOVED those things. Somehow, being in a can made them awesome.

sounds good!

Trader Joe's frozen bread pudding. When the Joe's near me was out I asked when they were going to get more and they said that they stopped carrying it. So, I went to a couple around town and picked up ten boxes. I really love that sh*t.

You really need to get a girlfriend.

Happens to me quite a bit at Trader Joe's, most recently with their spicy taco sauce. Gone.

That shouldn't be a bad thing at all. Their shoes are awesome! And tons of selections as well as styles. Have you looked at Merrell shoes? Pretty sweet also!

https://www.merrell.com/US/en/mens/

Krogers house brand are a suitable replacement

Banana flavored Jello Pudding pops

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you seem nice

Are they in a similar can that pops when you open it? If so, I'm in. Of course, I'm also planning a trip to Target to get an oversize plastic jug of them as well.

If you can't find it on Amazon you don't need it.

college pu....

wait....never mind.

He's making a jalapenis mustard tho'.

Oh those are nice. Good for when working and traveling up north in the winter.

no, just bags. But for $1.50, they are a good buy. I've moved to them from Herrs.

It's still just a matter of how much you're willing to pay.

Good old fashion LEAD paint

I'm not happy with the phasing out of cargo shorts.

Stearns heavy canvas waterproof work pants. Tough as Carhart, but lined and waterproof.

I can always find big sizes on e-bay, but nothing in my size. I wore two pair out over 5 years hunting, dog sledding and working in the rain and snow. I never once got wet or ripped them.

My nearest example is this... went to the grocery store a few weeks back (inspired by a thread here) looking for one of the three, Frankenberry, Booberry, or Count Chocula

And dont you know not one was available, couldnt ****ing believe it... that cereal was a mainstay for decades, so I had to settle for Cocoa Pebbles

It was solid, the box is long gone... but I was reeeally wanting Booberry

I miss the convenience of 8 tracks

Look into Duluth trading company pants. They outperform carhartt all day. As a matter of fact, carhartt has dropped in quality in all of their brands except work in progress.

Episac


Taken off the market bummer.

suncheros chip from keebler was awesome!

look up tactical pants on Amazon - very versatile and stylish.

That's how I felt when jorts when out of style.

Ecto cooler!

So if jorts and cargo shorts are out what is in?

Jorts are so out they're in again.

:eek:

I think they are now going to the skinny shorts and ****ing capris.

It took me forever to give in to dumping jorts for cargos. I'm not leaving cargos goddamnit.

Mars Bars.

ON that subject...
Marathon Bar

Clearly you haven't taken a seat on the Romphim train.

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Oh holy hell?

I love anything and everything banana: banana ice cream, banana taffy, banana bread, fresh bananas and strawberries on and in a yellow cake, banana leave wrapped food, fried bananas like plantains, fried bananas tempura style for dessert, banana cake and just a nice ripe banana.

But what about with shrimp? Bubba Gumps to be precise.

I'm somewhat ambivalent about shrimp.

Shrimp cocktail the most over rated and over priced dish aside from salty fish eggs called caviar.

Shrimp does not adsorb marinades like a protein like red meat. Any marinade for shrimp simple makes the coating stick. Tempura is great at the right place.