• Tiefling IRL
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    422 months ago

    It’s the fucking worst. Say I need a toothbrush, new mascara, and cough syrup. That’s gonna be at least 10 minutes waiting for the one overworked staff member to unlock the case at each of them.

    • @ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk
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      102 months ago

      A toothbrush? In the U.K. they’re like 2 quid …we’re actually gonna end up with people using Amazon for their shop for everything. It won’t end up with your weekly shopping trip being from the same place either.

      • Tiefling IRL
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        202 months ago

        They’re super cheap here too, but Walgreens at almost every location I’ve been to locks up absolutely everything

        • @bob_lemon@feddit.org
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          62 months ago

          Preventing people from stealing toothbrushes is just evil. Nobody chooses to be in a situation where they even think about stealing a freaking toothbrush.

        • @ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk
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          32 months ago

          To be fair ….i live in a small town. I don’t tend to go other places and buy tooth brushes, but at the same time only expensive items are locked up.

          • @frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe
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            62 months ago

            Deodorant is the thing here

            Also for some reason laundry detergent? Like, just get purex and be done with it, like $10 for a year supply.

            • @nomy@lemmy.zip
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              32 months ago

              I found a wholesaler that sells a 5gal bucket of laundry detergent for $45, lasts probably 6 months.

              • clif
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                22 months ago

                We’re a small household with minimal laundry so 5 gallons is more like a 10 year supply for us… I’m here for it : D

                • @nomy@lemmy.zip
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                  22 months ago

                  Looking around online they’re a bit more than $50. It might be worth it to look around locally, I bet you have a laundry janitorial wholesaler near you.

            • @frostysauce@lemmy.world
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              22 months ago

              From what I understand laundry detergent (especially Tide) is used as a black market currency because the value is relatively stable and everyone needs it eventually.

              • @dandu3@lemmy.world
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                32 months ago

                I read a few years ago that was because Tide was fairly high end as far as laundry detergents go.

                That was pre-Tide pods too, so those must be like Louis Vuitton type shit these days.

                • @frostysauce@lemmy.world
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                  12 months ago

                  Probably. I did say, “From what I understand,” rather than stating it as a fact. Could very well have been thoroughly debunked but I can’t be arsed to look up detergent shoplifting tends and causes.

            • @ZeffSyde@lemmy.world
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              12 months ago

              Name brand laundry detergent has a decent resale price on the street. Tide was the first thing I noticed getting locked up at Family Dollar back in the 10s.

        • @joel_feila@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Must not have spread here yet. Last week i bought DayQuil, cough drops, pseudoephedrine. Nothing was locked up. The pseudoephedrine was behind the pharmacy counter