I Struck Gold!!!
By DianneN
@DianneN (246334)
United States
October 13, 2020 4:49pm CST
Items I rely on are so difficult to get these days. I’m a germaphobe as it is, but the pandemic has made me nuts!
I like to keep a well stocked pantry and freezer, but was getting nervous not finding my favorite Lysol products in the stores. Luckily, I had a good supply, but my supply was dwindling.
So I allowed myself to be price gouged online and stocked up. I also bought a supply for my younger son.
And the Lysol sprays should arrive any day!
I call this kind of shopping a gold strike these days.
Are you finding certain items hard to get?
Are you finding certain items hard to get?44 people like this
39 responses
@DianneN (246334)
• United States
13 Oct 20
At this point, I didn't care how much they cost. I am so thrilled to have them. What else do I have to spend my money on these days?
We are well stocked with hand sanitizer. When we go out, we wear gloves and toss them. Soap and water at home is what we use. My favorite brand of paper towels is getting hard to find.
We are well stocked with hand sanitizer. When we go out, we wear gloves and toss them. Soap and water at home is what we use. My favorite brand of paper towels is getting hard to find.4 people like this
@DianneN (246334)
• United States
13 Oct 20
@just4him Thanks! I've been shopping online for pants, sheets, glassware, and other boring stuff. It serves a purpose at least.
Hubs stocked up on hand sanitizer when we were in Florida and had the good sense to pack it up when we left. Our son gives us things as he finds them, since he's out and about and we aren't. I've been using a former brand paper towel that I liked, but my son told us he knows where to get the brand I love. We have to wait until he returns from Vermont.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
16 Oct 20
Those kind of items still are hard to find in stores here too. But I do have some of both at home.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
18 Oct 20
@DianneN Well that's good you could get some...
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@Tina30219 (81539)
• Onaway, Michigan
14 Oct 20
Glad you got your goodies and that they will be arriving soon for you
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
14 Oct 20
It's been tough to find certain things here at different times. We bought a lot of hand sanitizer in Florida and brought it home with us. Since we rarely go out, we use soap and water. All I really need now is my favorite brand of paper towels. Our son said he can get them for me, thank goodness!
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@Tampa_girl7 (48890)
• United States
13 Oct 20
Disinfectant wipes aren’t available here.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48890)
• United States
14 Oct 20
@DianneN luckily I have bleach and a few other disinfectants. 
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
14 Oct 20
@Tampa_girl7 Yes, I use bleach, vinegar, and some new-to-me sprays.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
14 Oct 20
I have those , but we can still buy just one per visit, and they are in stock. It is not like it used to be, where, you could't find any. You find them now, but with a limit of how many you can buy.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
14 Oct 20
@DianneN It was like that for a long time here. People are relaxing, and supplies, not flying out like they used to.
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@ptrikha_2 (45422)
• India
17 Oct 20
In the initial days of lockdown, certain soaps and sanitizers were hard to find. Some online orders were getting cancelled or delayed.
Now things are much better.
I did however changed vendors for some products I buy in between.
Now in fact, we have many companies launching sanitizing sprays- Brands : Savlon, Dettol and even more.
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@ptrikha_2 (45422)
• India
18 Oct 20
@DianneN
I think we do have some things wrong here in the Indian system.
Yet recently, certain Enterprising people have adjusted and innovated and we now have good production of masks, sanitizers, and as per reports of PPE Kits.
In fact, one report suggests that India is now a big manufacturing hub of PPE Kits.
Crisis tests us, but perhaps gives us opportunities as well.
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@ptrikha_2 (45422)
• India
18 Oct 20
@DianneN
May be you would see some changes in the coming years.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
20 Oct 20
Oh yes this is good! I actually bought 3 Lysol on amazon and it wasn’t inflated. But you have to catch them fast!
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
20 Oct 20
@DianneN yep these are selling like hot cakes anything relating to sanitizing/cleaning
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@Marilynda1225 (79591)
• United States
15 Oct 20
All the items we need to sanitize are the hardest to find. You did strike gold with your Lysol
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@Marilynda1225 (79591)
• United States
15 Oct 20
@DianneN I hope we don't go through another hoarding experience this fall & winter. You would think that the sanitizing items we need would be fully stocked and overflowing not the opposite. It's sad when we have to pay higher prices just to stay safe.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
15 Oct 20
@Marilynda1225 Exactly! And everything is going up in price. I feel awful for those without jobs and no assistance from the government. 
@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
14 Oct 20
it is interesting - anything requiring manufacturing seems to be really delayed now.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
14 Oct 20
@DianneN lots of automation in the modern world. So far robots don't get covid
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
14 Oct 20
@sophie09 I recently bought pants for me, lots of new everyday drinking glasses, and 2 pairs of new sheets for our bed. I really don't need much of anything, but will poke around online. I love getting surprises.
Have you bought anything recently?
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@marguicha (215173)
• Chile
15 Oct 20
@DianneN I know. It has happened here too.
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. Hope those things will be available in full stock soon for all of you. 
@Hannihar (129379)
• Israel
14 Oct 20
@DianneN
I am glad you were able to find what you needed online and so thoughtful to get for your younger son too.There are things that even before the virus the stores did not have. I have to to to two different stores to get things that cannot find in one store. Also was able to get sand for my cat at a store we had before but not anymore. I have to go to the pet store to get stuff for my cat.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
14 Oct 20
That is so inconvenient to have to go to two stores to get what you need. Since the pandemic, I have to do that, too, and still don't find what I need.
I know you would do anything for Sophie. I heard that prices are going to continue to rise.
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@LindaOHio (155562)
• United States
14 Oct 20
I cannot find Wet Ones in packets and canisters except at a prohibitive price. They are "must-haves" in our household.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
16 Oct 20
That's good. Yes it was sanitizers so when I found a good deal I ordered 5 bottles
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