Items you like and bought in the past, no longer available. What to do?

[scho63]

Recently I've had a spate of bad luck going back to buy things I really like and bought in the past that are no longer available.

It seems as though every time I buy something I really like, I go back at a date in the future and it's no longer available and I get stuck buying something inferior or I have to settle.

It's been happening with clothing.
I had bought 8 Ben Hogan golf shirts from Walmart that had fantastic unique colors, fit great and looked good on me. I used with my prior company's logo for work shirts. Now no longer working I went to buy new ones and they are no longer available. They are so comfortable and great for everyday and golf but who wants to wear another company's logo when you work for someone else?

I bought a great leather black business card/wallet that had so many compartments and durable and fit everything I needed. (I don't carry money in a wallet oddly) It was a Swiss Army/Victornix that I purchased years ago in Toronto at the Hudson Bay company. Something close but missing some of the functions and an extra compartment from the other.

Lastly I bought several pairs of IZOD Saltwater flat front shorts and I need new ones after losing so much weight non of them fit and of course, they are not available in the size and color I want in any store; Amazon, Kohl, Macy's JC Penney's or IZOD.

I bought Timberlands Kia Wah Bay Boat Show in a wide width and after 3 1/2 years the soles are worn and they no longer make them. One of my favorite shoes ever.

It's happened with grocery items and food at restaurants where some of my favorite dishes all were removed in a period of a few months. I know restaurants turn over their menu but it sucks when you go to a restaurant for a specific dish you love and when you see the menu after you sit down, it's gone!

Do I need to go back after purchase and buy extras of everything I like?

When I go to a restaurant or grocery store do I need to buy extras and freeze the food for the future?

So, how do you deal with this?

• Is this as annoying for you as it is for me?
• Do you every buy extra favorite items for the future?
• Do you even give a shit or just think I'm being a giant whiny bitch?

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by scho63

Recently I've had a spate of bad luck going back to buy things I really like and bought in the past that are no longer available.

It seems as though every time I buy something I really like, I go back at a date in the future and it's no longer available and I get stuck buying something inferior or I have to settle.

It's been happening with clothing.
I had bought 8 Ben Hogan golf shirts from Walmart that had fantastic unique colors, fit great and looked good on me. I used with my prior company's logo for work shirts. Now no longer working I went to buy new ones and they are no longer available. They are so comfortable and great for everyday and golf but who wants to wear another company's logo when you work for someone else?

I bought a great leather black business card/wallet that had so many compartments and durable and fit everything I needed. (I don't carry money in a wallet oddly) It was a Swiss Army/Victornix that I purchased years ago in Toronto at the Hudson Bay company. Something close but missing some of the functions and an extra compartment from the other.

Lastly I bought several pairs of IZOD Saltwater flat front shorts and I need new ones after losing so much weight non of them fit and of course, they are not available in the size and color I want in any store; Amazon, Kohl, Macy's JC Penney's or IZOD.

I bought Timberlands Kia Wah Bay Boat Show in a wide width and after 3 1/2 years the soles are worn and they no longer make them. One of my favorite shoes ever.

It's happened with grocery items and food at restaurants where some of my favorite dishes all were removed in a period of a few months. I know restaurants turn over their menu but it sucks when you go to a restaurant for a specific dish you love and when you see the menu after you sit down, it's gone!

Do I need to go back after purchase and buy extras of everything I like?

When I go to a restaurant or grocery store do I need to buy extras and freeze the food for the future?

So, how do you deal with this?

• Is this as annoying for you as it is for me?
• Do you every buy extra favorite items for the future?
• Do you even give a shit or just think I'm being a giant whiny bitch?

Don't know if this is still a thing, but you might look at Orvis or LL Bean for those shorts. Both companies make several types of flats shorts. The difference is that Orvis and LL Bean flats shorts will actually be for fishing flats.

Other than that, you're being a whiny bitch.

JK. For some things I've learned to just buy extras. I found a pair of hunting boots that I really like about 25 years ago; I bought three pairs. I should be on my last pair in 7-10 years, and they'll last me another 15 or more years. Probably won't be hunting hard by then.

Did the same thing with a couple guns that I really liked. Not that I expect a gun to wear out, but every rarely, something goes terribly wrong, so I went ahead and bought the spares.

[srvy]

Still miss Oscar Mayer all beef Hot dogs old recipe. Its been 20 years or so and you suck now.

RB Rice chilli brick. It was good to throw in a pot of chilli or just use on dogs. None of the chilli brick is like it they suck.

[srvy]

Old USA made Levi's. When they said wears like iron they meant it.