ダイソーやセリアなど100円ショップでよく買い物します
今日の英単語: swamp (名詞、動詞) 沼、沼地。大量の水で沈める
The heavy rains swamped the fields.
また比喩的に予想外の仕事で忙殺されるなどという時にも使われます
I often shop at 100-yen stores like Daiso and Seria.
Among the items I buy, there are some that I really like and want to buy repeatedly. However, when I visit the store again after some time, I often find that the product is no longer available.
At first, I assume it’s just temporarily out of stock, so I wait a while and check again, but it’s still not there. Even if I search for it on their online shop, it doesn’t show up.
Eventually, I have no choice but to conclude that they’ve stopped selling that product altogether.
It seems that products that are no longer carried after a relatively short time are quite common at 100-yen stores.
This is just my guess, but maybe it’s because of something like a breakeven point. Factors like the situation with imports, foreign exchange rates, or fluctuations in the cost of raw materials might affect it.
Or perhaps, while I might like the product, its popularity may have decreased overall, leading them to stop carrying it.
I’m not sure of the exact reasons, but there are quite a few products that just disappear.
For example, things like keychains or small storage containers. There have been times when I wanted to buy another keychain I liked and went back to the store, only to find it was completely gone.
That’s why recently, if I find a product I like and think I might want to buy more of it in the future, I try to purchase a few extras while they’re still available.
