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[–] Unkechaug@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There seems to have been a huge drop off and loss of knowledge related to retailer websites. For some reason if you want to buy something at all popular, you need to compete simply to get an order in. There is no longer the concept of back order or first-come first-serve, and it’s maddening. Discovering products has never been worse than it is now. ~~___~~

[–] abraxas@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

IDK if it's boomer. I'm not sure anyone likes feeding frenzies. I'm on a list with 3000 members for a product the guy releases 20-30 per month, and most members of the list want 10 each. I'd do a 6-month backorder if I could.