So what shortages are you personally seeing?

There are always good deals to be had on treadmills and exercise bikes. Never buy those new. There will probably be a bigger glut than normal coming up soon though.

Seeing that others have posted about delays, I ordered a custom desk in mid March, and expected delivery is currently late July. The ‘custom’ part isn’t very fancy – nothing terribly fancy – it’s this manufacturer’s standard size L-shaped desk, and I got to specify the wood, finish, and hardware. I didn’t even order the optional shelf. The manufacturer is very direct about how much various COVID-related issues have impacted their delivery times; I can imagine they’ve had quite a few upset customers.

(Of course, the desk will probably arrive after my workplace puts an end to working from home…that’s my fault for waiting so long to order it though.)

While there were some gaps on the shelves, cat food was in better supply in Ithaca NY than it has been in the stores close enough to me that I go there routinely. I am now restocked for a while longer. :grinning:

(I had been staying out of Ithaca until vaccinated, partly due to the increased difference, and partly because of its being a college town with people coming in from all over. Ordinarily I get there on average every couple of months.)

Still haven’t seen canning jar lids. I can get jars with lids but not just the lids. Started looking several months back when we threw a 1/2 side of beef in the freezer. Want to can some.
Also still no firearm ammo on the shelves for any of my guns.

I haven’t seen canning jar lids or rings since the world ended. Someone sure dropped the ball on this one. Its quite a pickle which has left a lot of us in a jam.

I was able to find plastic lids with rings, but those are only good for limited uses.

Tribalism and partisanship. Dammit people i mean sheeeeeple :smirk::smirk: No more LAME stream media for all you libtards and demonrats! Yalls brains have been fried better then them green tomatys that was coming out that movie box thingy back when I thought politics was something you had to go to the doctor for. Den I met Aileen and she just tells me what box to click. Im a Liberterrarian now. Time to go to sleep on My Pillow.

I would have thought that there would be a shortage of My Pillows now.

I have noticed that there is no shortage of drunks nowadays, even though beer cans are in short supply.

Lysol spray is back! Only in two fragrances though, neither of which is all that great. Also, some of the cans had an older style top (with a cap). I’ve seen something similar from Bath & Body Works; some of their pocket-size antibacterial gels have reverted to an older style of packaging.

For some odd reason, there were no stain treating sprays (Shout, Spray ‘n’ Wash, etc.) on the shelf though. They had some Shout pens, but that was pretty much it. I didn’t notice a shortage of any other laundry products.

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I’m going to assume this was an attempt of humor, but it doesn’t belong in QZ. Don’t do this again.

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My bad. :+1:

Here’s an odd one - frozen cherries. Not something I at all need, but I pick them up once in blue moon for this reason or that. When the pandemic hit I randomly looked for some and no go. No big deal. But ever since then I’ve been idly checking every time I shop, more out of curiosity than want or need. In over a year I haven’t seen them once. Every other frozen fruit under the sun has returned in my area, but not cherries.

Stopping to google just now as I was composing this post, it looks like it might be tied to combination of things, including cherry-specific epidemic disease and bad weather compounded by a pandemic-caused labor shortage.

Hawaii can be more prone to shortages than other states due to shipping considerations. I’m seeing some odd ones right now. There is a particular shortage of many Little Debbie and Hostess pastry products. Also certain brands of acetaminophen and multivitamins we use. Been going on for weeks now. They’re not being snapped up, they’re just not arriving in Hawaii.

I don’t understand. Why would you need a certain brand of acetaminophen? They’re all the same composition.

The active ingredient is the same, but the materials that make up the tablets can vary. Some people have reactions to certain brands of tablets (eg upset stomach) and not to other brands, even if the dose of acetaminophen is exactly the same.

Still no canned cat food anywhere nearby. At least not in any quantity. Luckily, Chewy has been able to come through.

Scarce supplies of certain brands of litter continue as well.

I do pretty basic cat products, Friskies dry and canned, Special Kitty (WalMart house brand, I think) cat litter. They seem to be holding up well for supply. What brands do you favor?

Shower spray, which had returned to store shelves around here last fall, has become scarce again. There was none to be found at my neighborhood Walmart or Kroger the other day. I drove to another Walmart in town and managed to snag a couple of the few remaining bottles.

Friskies and Fancy Feast. Both have been really spotty to non-existent. The last non-Chewy batch I bought I found at Tractor Supply Co., of all places.

On the upside, the vanishing of Johnny Cat made me switch to the Safeway brand, which is not only cheap but a lot less dusty.

What area are you in? I’m in Sacramento, CA.

Riverside area. Chewy is getting better way before the local stores are.