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bucolic_frolic

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3. My guess they're running out of inventory of goods made in China

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Thu Oct 16, 2025, 07:34 AM

Oct 16

I'm seeing stock outs or products unavailable in retail stores. I think one is being prepped for closing, but still. Stores have this massive online catalog and I know I've seen some of the items in the stores in years past, but suddenly you have to order it online and pick it up in 3 days. A big building supply store had zero copper plumbing fittings in the section labeled 'copper fittings'. Perhaps it's the price of copper these days, a theft problem in other words. fittings go roughly $2-10 each. A simple 1/2" straight coupling with a center stop - $2.

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Coincidence? In three days, two items I ordered from Amazon --- [View all] 3Hotdogs Oct 15 OP

my first guess: these were items... ret5hd Oct 15 #1

I have had only one issue so far... Hugin Oct 16 #2

My guess they're running out of inventory of goods made in China bucolic_frolic Oct 16 #3

I guess many wholesalers stocked up at the beginning of Orangeanus's tariff war. 3Hotdogs Oct 16 #4

I've seen it happening with computer parts. When they come back, prices have nearly tripled. Eugene Friday #5