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?

[greatmidwestcoin]

Yet, you have zero items for sale..................... I would guess there is no company in the world that only sells diapers. They would manufacture many paper products items in addition to them. People also have the option of reusable diapers, so there is that.

[roccotacodad54]

   Same signs here. She was not happy.

[greatmidwestcoin]

Don't you post things like this on a regular basis, if I recall correctly?

[greatmidwestcoin]

So you believe any company should not make a profit from selling baby needs? How uneducated. Companies don't exist not to make a profit. Profit is not a dirty word. What a silly statement. Can a company in China make a "profit" off infant formula, or does this only apply to American companies? What else should be manufactured, where a profit should not be made? I just have to hear this one. Yet you sell nothing so you don't understand how a business for profit works?

[greatmidwestcoin]

Yeah, your car statement rings false. I am near 70 and know all too well how car manufacturing quality has dramatically increased. Cars used to rust within years. I certainly don't miss carburetors. Today, I am driving a Traverse that I bought new in 2010. I have never had the same car for 15 years. I used to have to trade them in every 5-7 years. Yet this car still runs great and looks great - not a spot of rust. Very little repairs. I would guess it will last another 15 years.

[greatmidwestcoin]

You always have to go political. Why is that? Try to get over that. It's not a good look for you.

[greatmidwestcoin]

"They" like to make things up for the fear factor. It's gotten old, and most people just disregard the fearmongering today. Some people just love to continue to go to make-believe land.

[greatmidwestcoin]

Absolutely - Good post. We are sick of him.

[greatmidwestcoin]

I will bet $20 you can't for three months.

[greatmidwestcoin]

Is there a law that states we can't buy stuff? Where is it written about the limit on what we can buy? I mean, seriously, you can have your opinions, but to make generalizations and comments on how other people choose to live is ridiculous. IMO. And I just bet you have many things in your house that you could have done without. This is the old throwing stones and glass story. And by the by - Amazon delivers almost daily to my house. Yeah, I buy enough stuff for many people and love it.

[inhawaii]

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@greatmidwestcoin wrote:

Absolutely - Good post. We are sick of him.

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We are sick of him too.

[chapeau-noir]

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@greatmidwestcoin wrote:

Is there a law that states we can't buy stuff? Where is it written about the limit on what we can buy? I mean, seriously, you can have your opinions, but to make generalizations and comments on how other people choose to live is ridiculous. IMO. And I just bet you have many things in your house that you could have done without. This is the old throwing stones and glass story. And by the by - Amazon delivers almost daily to my house. Yeah, I buy enough stuff for many people and love it.

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What an odd, upset post! Can you develop confidence in yourself and your actions so that you're not so easily challenged by simple opinion? Buy what you like - just don't trample over people doing it.

[adamcartwright]

@inhawaii 

Like clockwork.

[chariot_badges]

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@onefootflipper1 wrote:

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.

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

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Stock up on cloth diapers.

I'm old, so .... I have changed a LOT of diapers, and most of them were soft cotton.

Better for your kid too.  Fewer break outs, rashes.

If you can't deal with a little **bleep**, you shouldn't have kids.

[reallynicestamps]

@onefootflipper1

@chapeau-noir 

Have you read Make the Bread Buy the Butter?
An interesting and amusing book from a writer who did just that - and compared costs and quality- for a large number of household products, during the last recession (2008 -who was your president then?)