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Notice how every news channel is announcing how the shortages will impact Christmas. So they advise to go out and buy as much as you can right now. Obviously that just makes the shortages so much worse, as people buy everything up and leave nothing for others. Just visit Walmart and you get an excellent view of how selfish people really are. If there are 6 cases of bottled water, you can bet someone will buy all 6 of them. If they see 4 boxes of a dozen eggs, they will buy all of them up also. The list goes on and on. I have seen it first hand in the Ocala, Fla Walmarts.
My view is these are hard times for whatever the reasons for these shortages. Everyone needs to help each other, and not buy every damn thing in a store and leave nothing for others. Buy what you need and quit the hoarding of items. It's about time Walmart and other stores starts enforcing that policy ,as they did with the paper products last year.
Yes usually folks jump on the media creating hype but now they are using the media to support some kind of thinking that the shortages are created by Biden policy.
Which isn't the case.
I do think media is hyping shortages because the retail industry is hyping shortages......why? Because retail wants to get rid of their inventory...buy early at higher prices and they don't have to fuss with sales and markdowns.
And folks will jump on the wagon.
Be real -- the only shortage in toys has been the PS5 and Switches and that has been the case since Trump was President.
No Trump is not to blame --- anymore than Biden will be to blame that you can't get those items.
I just got done shopping, and I did not notice any major shortages at my supermarket. Toilet paper looked picked over, but it was being restocked. Lots of produce. Some canned goods on sale. Chicken and salmon reasonably priced. I was able to get everything on my list without any substitutions.
That being said, I don't doubt that others are seeing shortages, but I am mystified by how things can be so different in other locations.
I don't know how bad the toilet paper, paper plate & paper towel situation is going to be this year, but I'm not waiting around to get jammed up like last year so I went out last week & purchased about a year's worth of all these products.
Yes usually folks jump on the media creating hype but now they are using the media to support some kind of thinking that the shortages are created by Biden policy.
Which isn't the case.
I do think media is hyping shortages because the retail industry is hyping shortages......why? Because retail wants to get rid of their inventory...buy early at higher prices and they don't have to fuss with sales and markdowns.
And folks will jump on the wagon.
Be real -- the only shortage in toys has been the PS5 and Switches and that has been the case since Trump was President.
No Trump is not to blame --- anymore than Biden will be to blame that you can't get those items.
Actually, are you thinking the oil price will come down within the next six months? Inflation is real, and the shortage is only the last straw.
yes but it does require an annual DOT physical and heart meds, high BP etc are all dis-qualifiers. you do get a few old farts behind the wheel reliving glory days, but its short lived at best
Right, I might consider it for the right money, but at my age and with my health issues, I could have difficulty with the physical.
Besides, who wants to live in a truck?
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