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Warpy

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13. Demand is picking up but the supply has been cut

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon May 17, 2021, 12:27 PM

May 2021

because nobody wants to be stuck with unsold inventory, it looks bad to the bankers. Distributors should have been placing orders in December and January, but they don't think that way during inventory season, so they didn't.

Stuff is going to be in short supply but fortunately not everything, all at the same time. I read a few days ago that dumbasses were back to hoarding toilet paper. I supplse they all discovered the rodent colonies in the bottom of the pile they hoarded last year.

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The World Economy Is Suddenly Running Low on Everything [View all] brooklynite May 2021 OP

Almost every business OldBaldy1701E May 2021 #1

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Indeed. OldBaldy1701E May 2021 #21

Fair point on the auto industry. apnu May 2021 #22

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No Diet Coke to be had here ironflange May 2021 #15

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There was no Alfredo sauce here for a while ironflange May 2021 #16

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Chicken hermetic May 2021 #5

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And isn't it funny Orrex May 2021 #7

Once they get a taste of the extra cash... LiberatedUSA May 2021 #8

You ain't seen nothing yet. PETRUS May 2021 #9

I looked up the other five.... Jetheels May 2021 #12

Interesting comment. Some thoughts: PETRUS May 2021 #20

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I'm in partial agreement PETRUS May 2021 #25

Our Suppliers tekriter May 2021 #10

Turns out "just in time" manufacturing has a flaw. n/t PoliticAverse May 2021 #11

Demand is picking up but the supply has been cut Warpy May 2021 #13

that's because the lizard people are now building their giant base in the inside of the earth Javaman May 2021 #14

In general, I don't care. maxsolomon May 2021 #17

Whatta think was in those huge warehouses? They were the buffer to high/low demand.... machoneman May 2021 #19

When this all started in 2020 I said I wanted some sort of study done BigmanPigman May 2021 #23