Mega Doom! From Drudge: $76 for tampons?! Shortage starts wild bidding war on EBAY...

It was only a shortage of a particular brand of tampons.

If my woman paid that in the name of brand loyalty I would stuff them down her throat.

It was only a shortage of a particular brand of tampons.

If my woman paid that in the name of brand loyalty I would stuff them down her throat.

It was only a shortage of a particular brand of tampons.

If my woman paid that in the name of brand loyalty I would stuff them down her throat.


If someone is used to a particular brand of tampon, that brand loyalty is for a reason. After many years of having periods, any woman knows what works best for her body. If anyone uses that particular brand, they and their significant others best prepare to see several to many bloodied panties due to issues inherent with a lack of flare-ability of a majority of all tampons on the market. That specific brand that's not available at the moment (except in the black market) actually eliminates most issues with bleed-through caused by crappy manufacturing on the part of even top name tampon brands.

So if a woman freaks out and you think she's nuts, imagine how you'd feel if you had countless boxers, boxershorts, and/or briefs that wound up bloodied on account of a bad brand of tampons. How would you feel knowing that instead of just buying tampons, now you also have to purchase more undergarments? It's hell, at best. There's very good reason for any woman with a brand loyalty to not want to switch brands on something so very personal as to prevent embarrassing bleed-through. Even if they have the ability to purchase hundreds of substitute undergarments, the fear of embarrassment of bleed-through onto their pants or skirts or seats is enough to warrant freaking out.

WTF!

I am a girl, I do use tampons. I use THOSE tampons.

If someone wants $76 for them, I will use another brand.

My god. Bloody panties are lame, but in the looming tough times that money is better spent on other things.

If it's like this with a temporary shortage of tampons, imagine what it will be like with a permanent shortage of, say, rice or beer.

What a stupid post! I say: "Put a sock in it!" Prefferable an old one with holes.

Everyone should buy a Diva Cup. For real.

When all the tampons are gone they will be worth a million dollars at least ZOMG!

Everyone should buy a Diva Cup. For real.

When all the tampons are gone they will be worth a million dollars at least ZOMG!


"Diva Cup"? Where do you get that?

Everyone should buy a Diva Cup. For real.

When all the tampons are gone they will be worth a million dollars at least ZOMG!


"Diva Cup"? Where do you get that?


Any first world drugstore I think. Don't ask me how it works because explaining it would make me feel less than ladylike.

If it's like this with a temporary shortage of tampons, imagine what it will be like with a permanent shortage of, say, rice or beer.

The popular product is in such short supply that eBay users are bidding up to $76 for three packs, which usually sell for just $8.79 a pack.

And loyalists are taking to blogs and Twitter to figure out where their beloved o.b. tampons might be.

"This month, they were gone, gone, gone," said freelance writer Janessa Wilson, 40, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, a user for decades.

"I searched everywhere I could, maybe a dozen drugstores, but I couldn't find any."

Johnson & Johnson, the company that makes the o.b. tampons, shed little light on the mystery, saying only that it experienced a "temporary supply interruption" that led to stores being out of stock.

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[link to www.nydailynews.com]

Is this the beginning of major shortages in necessary personal care items such as toilet paper, soap etc? This is why I have a closet filled from floor to ceiling with nothing but toilet paper...