Anyone loading up on diapers?

[onefootflipper1]

There is soon going to be a massive diaper shortage (unless the tariff's are flip flopped). China makes 29 percent of our diapers. America does not have the capacity to make up for the shortfall.

This means that diapers are first going to vanish from the shelves entirely and then become way more expensive once they do appear.

From everything I have been reading most companies importing complete products from China have been refusing delivery rather than pay an additional 140 percent of the money that they already paid for the products.

So, just wondering if anyone is going to be stocking up in order to sell them later?

[chapeau-noir]

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@kensgiftshop wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

You know how the Trump administration suggested raising your own chickens during the egg shortage, well maybe people should start using washable cloth diapers again during the diaper shortage.

Thank you Donald Trump.

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As high as diapers are and as fast as they go through them, if I had to do it now, I'd use cloth diapers again.

Chickens, they are trying to get it so we can have them in town.

Had some a few years ago but they made me get rid of them.

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People in my area keep chickens and have for a long time (also used to have goats, Emus and sheep) - I know some apartment buildings up where I live where people have little coops on balconies. One person had a rooster...ok, that's not a great idea lol - they are noisy. Not sure how legal that is, though.

@onefootflipper1In general raising your own chickens is more expensive than just buying eggs, it is the economy of scale that makes it so cheap at the massive level.

There is NOTHING that takes the place of really fresh eggs from a small grower, particularly your own eggs. It's a trade-off I would gladly make under the right circumstances. So taste factors in there, too.

[tarotfindsandmore]

Lots of people who care about the planet have been using cloth diapers all along.  Nothing wrong with them.    My mom used them with us, and we were all completely potty trained by 18 months.  

You certainly don't see as many of them abandoned, used, in the middle of Wal-mart parking lots.

[chapeau-noir]

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@tarotfindsandmore wrote:

Lots of people who care about the planet have been using cloth diapers all along.  Nothing wrong with them.    My mom used them with us, and we were all completely potty trained by 18 months.  

You certainly don't see as many of them abandoned, used, in the middle of Wal-mart parking lots.

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To be stepped on at night. 🤢

[tarotfindsandmore]

When they're all cold and especially squishy, like the world's foulest banana peel. 🤢

All kidding aside, I think there will be many things like this that we can look forward to.  So many of the environmental abuses we've gotten comfortable with inflicting on the planet are the result of being flooded with cheap, easy solutions to things we never used to consider problems.

[cardxcraft]

If it comes to that, a lot of people will go back to the old method, cloth.  Slight adjustment, hardly anything to worry about.  Btw, where would you sell them?  You need an avenue, and 100% of ecommerce will prevent you from price gouging.  Also, many low income people receive vouchers to purchase diapers, so that segment, the largest, is removed.  Unless one has their own, well known, diaper stall (website, etc), they'll be hard press to practice their capitalistic beliefs and unload a haul of diapers.  Not to mention the complete lack of ethics.

Sorry, I'm not meaning to tear down your idea,  it shows you're looking for opportunity, which is fantastic.  

[josepmcelro_3]

I am a great grandfather and no one in our family has ever used disposable diapers due to the toxic chemicals. My wife made me aware of pesticides in cotton when we were first married she used cloth for everything. I try not to buy anything that is used for hygiene from Asian countries as there less strict controls in place.

[roccotacodad54]

   Yes. I still have old made in America clothes that just refuse to wear out.

[hartungcards]

You should never use "loading up" and "diapers" in the same sentence.

[roccotacodad54]

   Yes. The only clothes I buy  often anymore are socks and underwear. I also drive my vehicles long after paying them off until it's not cost effective to fix them anymore. I drove my 1968 Ford pickup (two engines and three transmissions later) until 2009 and then bought a new one. I'll probably drive it until I am no longer able to.

   It would be good for people to do away with the "throw it away because I want a new one" attitude.

   My parents went through the great depression and instilled a "get the value out of it"  attitude to us children.

[roccotacodad54]

   Yes. Your own eggs are better and you also know what's in them (per chicken feed). Tomatoes, green beans etc.etc.etc. all taste so much better.

   Duck eggs are something I miss. I'll have to look for them locally, don't want to raise them.

[roccotacodad54]

   Yes diapers from China is indeed a scary thought.

[roccotacodad54]

   I remember seeing a woman in Wally World trying to return a couple of shopping carts of toilet paper after the covid shortages.  They wouldn't take them. Served her right. Of course she had a good supply. LOL.

[chapeau-noir]

 

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[kensgiftshop]

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@roccotacodad54 wrote:

   I remember seeing a woman in Wally World trying to return a couple of shopping carts of toilet paper after the covid shortages.  They wouldn't take them. Served her right. Of course she had a good supply. LOL.

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Ours had signs up letting people now that certain items could not be returned and there was ticked off people when they couldn't sell it online or return it.

[greatmidwestcoin]

Actually, over a week ago, China sent hundreds of people to set up distribution centers ahead of the tariff thing, even here on eBay, to sell within the states. Most have located in Miami and Denver. I don't understand why a few people believe the world will end soon. Tariffs have been around for decades, and tariff battles between countries have also just as long. There is not going to be a shortage of diapers. Most of the popular brands are made in the good ol' USA, like P&G in Cinci, OH. US factories also increased production in this area when Covid hit so they still have increased capacity. If you believe there will be a shortage, go for it and buy a couple of train carloads of them. I have more important things to do than worry about things that "Could" happen..