Covid-19 Shortages

[ray1970]

Common sense is in seriously short supply. Haven?t seen it this scarce since the Carter Administration.

See. I bet if we had a ?like? button you would be feeling rather proud of how smart and witty you are.

[BushMasterBoy]

Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner. Sam's, Costco: sold out. I got the last 4 cans Walmart in Lakewood had (ordered 6, they cancelled 2)...

I use Easy Off oven cleaner. Gets the scum off way better. Yeah I know, I cheat...

[Zundfolge]

The weird thing I've noticed is random shortages ... it seems like every time I go to the store 1 thing on my list will be out and its never the same thing twice. This last time it was coffee ... like the entire coffee section was picked clean (including the store brand). I suspect someone comes along and buys 2 or 3 of a thing and other people see them and assume "OMG that's the next thing to have a shortage" and they buy the whole display out.

Meat is also usually pretty sparse.


Oh, and I know this is generally non-gun items in this thread, but it looks like all of the sudden 30-30 has become as expensive as .50BMG (at least on ammoseek.com) That seems weird to me.

[clodhopper]

I hear there's a national shortage of coins.

Fact check: Yes, there's a national coin shortage. Here's why

That is about the lamest "fact check" I have seen. "We have determined the coin shortage is true cause we talked with a few people who also heard there was a shortage and we saw some signs posted about it, so it must be true".

I still haven't actually run into a situation where change couldn't be made. Asked a bunch of register operators who all said they had plenty of coins but were directed to tell people there was a coin shortage. Maybe in some locations, but not here. Weird. I still think there is something else driving it. Guess I will have to wait and see.

[Holger Danske]

The walmart by me is always sold out of ramen. Then again, I live in Brighton so that may just be the way things are here.

Its the same here in the Springs. Can't find Ramen at Wal-Mart or King Soopers near me. My teenager may starve :-)

[Gman]

That is about the lamest "fact check" I have seen. "We have determined the coin shortage is true cause we talked with a few people who also heard there was a shortage and we saw some signs posted about it, so it must be true".

I still haven't actually run into a situation where change couldn't be made. Asked a bunch of register operators who all said they had plenty of coins but were directed to tell people there was a coin shortage. Maybe in some locations, but not here. Weird. I still think there is something else driving it. Guess I will have to wait and see.

On our road trip from Denver to Washington Fri. & Sat., came across a McD's that had a sign asking folks to use credit rather than cash due to a lack of coins to make change. I think it was in UT or ID.

[hollohas]

Canned green beans at Costco. I haven't seen a flat of canned green beans in months.

[mindfold]

I sell wholesale electrical supplies to contractors. We're seeing shortages of very odd things.

Electrical PVC conduit...VERY hard to get in larger sizes. Almost impossible to get in significant qty. And the price has tripled.

Many types of circuit breakers. Fuses. Some brands of plastic junction boxes. Meter sockets.

We're seeing significant shortages in many categories.

PVC.... yup almost had a huge bust in an estimate. Which supply house?

By any chance would you have 8 inch PVC? Schedule 40?


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[kidicarus13]

On our road trip from Denver to Washington Fri. & Sat., came across a McD's that had a sign asking folks to use credit rather than cash due to a lack of coins to make change. I think it was in UT or ID.

The Arby's at Kipling and 470 has a sign at the drive-thru window that requests exact change or credit card.

[Ramsker]

Canned green beans at Costco. I haven't seen a flat of canned green beans in months.

Sam's on Quebec & C-470 had some recently. I usually go there on Mondays and Fridays . . . will check tomorrow.