Posted on 08/14/2020 9:34:12 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Sales at electronics and appliance stores jumped much higher in July, pushing up overall sales despite a reported decline in sales of autos.
Retail sales at electronics and appliance stores jumped 22.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis, following a 37.6 percent gain in the prior month, data published by the Commerce Department on Friday showed. Compared with a year ago, July’s appliance and electronics sales were down 2.8 percent.
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The mask karens and social distance sheep are stocking up for another lock down so they can watch Netflix in the bathroom.
Money not spent on travel, eating out, hair stylists, entertainment activities, etc. has been piling up. Savings is really high now.
“Watcha wanna buy next, Honey?”
Refrigerators and freezers are very difficult to come by without long waits.
I got a projector (ceiling mounted) & nice home theater. Have 110” on the wall now.
Now I need an exercise bike for when I’m immersed. 8^}
Went all over town (Best Buy, etc.) to get my grand kids PC’s for their “distance Learning”....... everybody sold out. Found a fellow who builds custom gaming computers. Trust me, the kids were overjoyed.
Freezers got bought out in April.
I’m doing rotated canned goods and dry goods (in mylar vacuum bags with desiccant, in plastic buckets). No electricity required. Plus a water reserve.
Next is deep home insulation (ahead of GSM cooling).
I had a electrical house fire in Jun. Burned up my wiring so they will be gutting the house. I will be in the market for a refrigerator, washing machine, dryer, dish washer, and freezer sometime in the next 3-4 months when they get the house done.
Also new TVs and computer.
I’ve been doing my part. Have a new 2nd fridge, a new big TV, and a sound bar and subwoofer to go with it. I’m not spending any money on travel and concerts and such, so upgrading home entertainment was reasonable, and I needed the additional food storage.
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Start shopping now. You may have lead times from what you want.
I can’t, the insurance is screwing around in making a decision on the personal items lost in the fire.
Meanwhile, I have been living in a hotel since Jun 4 and they haven’t started tearing out the walls yet.
A lot of things are sold out. The only thing I was caught short on when this all started was hand sanitizer. But even so, I had enough to see me through until it started reappearing on the shelves. But the important stuff, like firearms, ammo, extra freezer in the garage and toilet paper, I had more than enough to begin with.
Thing is most don’t “plan” on getting a new stove, for example. What choice do you have when an appliance burns out? Rich or poor you really can’t do without.
Now I need an exercise bike for when I’m immersed. 8^}
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I need a new a$$, mine’s cracked.
talked to a kitchen remodeler yesterday and he says there’s a shortage of automatic dishwashers ...
Probably a lot of ‘Made in China’ appliance shortages.
I hope to God we’re learning...
American Made Dishwasher and up Right Freezers, Both mine are old and going out. Lowe’s Midan is Chinese made. Lowe’s Plenty of Fridges. In our Memphis area.
Military discount discontinued on sales items.
The shortage may be because we are cutting ourselves off from China and it’s products. We might get back to normal supply when the U.S. ones get caught up.
Bought a frig and stove for my rental. Bought another frig for one of my rentals. Delivered 2 days after ordering
“Probably a lot of ‘Made in China’ appliance shortages.”
lots of whirlpool appliances are made in Ohio, and those are in short supply ... Bosch dishwashers are made in North Carolina, and those are in short supply too ... lots of other appliances are made in Mexico, and same thing: short supply ...
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