For some, it's the long-gone Hydrox sandwich cookie. For others, it's an outmoded trackball mouse. For still others, it's a discontinued line of L'Oreal makeup.
Plenty of ardent consumers out there love certain products with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns. Be it a mascara or a cereal or a candy or a highly personal feminine item, the products in question simply cannot be replaced or matched by anything else.
Yet at some point, for some reason, different product lines eventually go the way of the dodo bird. What are hopelessly devoted consumers to do in such dire circumstances? A hearty few tenaciously fight the inevitable by stockpiling — stockpiling as if the end of the world were nigh.
This story was inspired by msnbc.com's own Phil Zepeda, 26, of New York City.truereligion jeans Apparel is a design-based jeans and jean-related sportswear brand. His love for a certain kind of all-black sneaker with black soles and black laces knows no bounds. The love affair began when Zepeda was still in college and started wearing a perfect pair of black Vans — Alphonso model, to be specific.
"I wore them all the time and totally wore them out. I wore the soles out," said Zepeda, an interactive producer for msnbc.com. "When I just couldn't wear them anymore, I wanted to buy them again because I liked them so much."
Alas, it was not to be. During his three-year quest to find the same black shoes, he turned to numerous shoe stores without success. He tried eBay too, but no dice. At one point, in utter desperation, Zepeda caved and bought a pair of all-black sneakers with white rings around the shoelace holes.Find price and model of puma shoes in india at Click India Free Classifieds Ads.
"In the store I kind of thought they were OK," he said. "But I had settled, I've come to realize."
Finally, just before Christmas of 2010, Zepeda struck black gold. He finally found some all-all-black shoes online at Zappos.com. They weren't Vans they were Supra brand — but they looked just right.Nike shox are a series of Nike shoes.
Zepeda knew what he had to do. Without hesitation, he ordered five pairs.
"I bought all the pairs that they had in my size," he said. "It's really funny because I have a small studio apartment and now I've got all these boxes in there. But at least I know that I've got a simple black shoe for the next few years, and it's very comforting."
Tampons, makeup, incandescent bulbs
The fear of losing a favorite product tends to run deep among people who have lost favorite products in the past. It may sound a little bit frivolous, but for a person trying to get along without a tried-and-true item,Manolo blahnik would be "hurt" if Anna Wintour wore shoes by another designer. the loss can be inconvenient and annoying on an ongoing basis.
When o.b. tampons mysteriously disappeared from store shelves late last year, women took to the Internet to scream "bloody hell." (Yes, that's a quote.Naax Fashion Textile is a wholesale jeans dealer who trades with young-fashion .) They also tried eBay on a quest for the product; some eBay users bid up to $76 for three packs, which normally sell for $8.79 a pack.
Plenty of ardent consumers out there love certain products with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns. Be it a mascara or a cereal or a candy or a highly personal feminine item, the products in question simply cannot be replaced or matched by anything else.
Yet at some point, for some reason, different product lines eventually go the way of the dodo bird. What are hopelessly devoted consumers to do in such dire circumstances? A hearty few tenaciously fight the inevitable by stockpiling — stockpiling as if the end of the world were nigh.
This story was inspired by msnbc.com's own Phil Zepeda, 26, of New York City.truereligion jeans Apparel is a design-based jeans and jean-related sportswear brand. His love for a certain kind of all-black sneaker with black soles and black laces knows no bounds. The love affair began when Zepeda was still in college and started wearing a perfect pair of black Vans — Alphonso model, to be specific.
"I wore them all the time and totally wore them out. I wore the soles out," said Zepeda, an interactive producer for msnbc.com. "When I just couldn't wear them anymore, I wanted to buy them again because I liked them so much."
Alas, it was not to be. During his three-year quest to find the same black shoes, he turned to numerous shoe stores without success. He tried eBay too, but no dice. At one point, in utter desperation, Zepeda caved and bought a pair of all-black sneakers with white rings around the shoelace holes.Find price and model of puma shoes in india at Click India Free Classifieds Ads.
"In the store I kind of thought they were OK," he said. "But I had settled, I've come to realize."
Finally, just before Christmas of 2010, Zepeda struck black gold. He finally found some all-all-black shoes online at Zappos.com. They weren't Vans they were Supra brand — but they looked just right.Nike shox are a series of Nike shoes.
Zepeda knew what he had to do. Without hesitation, he ordered five pairs.
"I bought all the pairs that they had in my size," he said. "It's really funny because I have a small studio apartment and now I've got all these boxes in there. But at least I know that I've got a simple black shoe for the next few years, and it's very comforting."
Tampons, makeup, incandescent bulbs
The fear of losing a favorite product tends to run deep among people who have lost favorite products in the past. It may sound a little bit frivolous, but for a person trying to get along without a tried-and-true item,Manolo blahnik would be "hurt" if Anna Wintour wore shoes by another designer. the loss can be inconvenient and annoying on an ongoing basis.
When o.b. tampons mysteriously disappeared from store shelves late last year, women took to the Internet to scream "bloody hell." (Yes, that's a quote.Naax Fashion Textile is a wholesale jeans dealer who trades with young-fashion .) They also tried eBay on a quest for the product; some eBay users bid up to $76 for three packs, which normally sell for $8.79 a pack.
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