• @[email protected]
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    816 hours 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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      1115 hours ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        15 hours 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        815 hours ago

        To be fair Walgreens happily marks a $1 brush up to $5

      • @[email protected]
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        315 hours 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.

        • @[email protected]
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          415 hours 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.

          • @[email protected]
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            314 hours ago

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

            • clif
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              213 hours 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

              • @[email protected]
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                113 hours 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
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            113 hours 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
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              311 hours 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
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                110 hours 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.