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Originally Posted by scho63
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.
date in the future and it's no longer available and I get stuck buying
It seems as though every time I buy something I really like, I go back at a something inferior or I have to settle.
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?
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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.