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We\u2019ve all been there. A favorite item is suddenly unavailable for purchase. Couldn\u2019t the manufacturer have given you advance warning?<\/p>\n
Whether owing to low sales, changing habits, production costs, or even because something is a little wrong with your favorite product (shh), discontinued items are part of life. In a weekend piece, the New York Times delves into the not-so-dark underbelly<\/a> of online places where shoppers find these items, share tips and yes, find emotional support.<\/p>\n The story highlights a padded laptop bag made by Filson that a super fan now hunts \u201cdown everywhere\u201d to snag as many as possible \u201cbefore everyone figures out how great they are.\u201d It points to Discontinued Beauty<\/a>, a site whose offerings are old to visitors but new to the site. Among its latest products: an \u201cessential protein restructurizer\u201d by Redkin priced at an eye-popping $169.95. (The newest version of the product costs shoppers $32.)<\/p>\n Could it be dangerous to use these discontinued products? Who cares, suggests one creative director, who tells the Times about a lip pencil the beauty company NARS no longer sells and she has found elsewhere. \u201cNow, do I know the proper way to store this for optimal conditions? No,\u201d she says. \u201cThey\u2019re under my sink.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n