Glenn E. says:

My theory lately is, “if it’s not made in China, you’re not going to be able to buy it, anyway.”

Every time I go shopping for something at the retail stores, I find this to be true. A lot of stuff simply can’t be found anymore. Like white vinyl contact sheets, that ISN’T called “shelf liners”. There’s black, and wood grain, and even silver (yuk!). But what happen to White vinyl adhesive sheets? My guess, China didn’t get an order to make it. So NOBODY, not Walmart, Lowes, A.C.Moores, Walgreens, Home Depot, or Staples, carries it.

So I’m suppose to toss perfectly good white plastic coated cabinet shelving, that’s a little stained. And buy brand a new bathroom cabinet. You may have noticed. They’re ALL WHITE PLASTIC coated, on the inside. So until China gets a huge order to do white vinyl contact sheeting (the permanent kind, not “light tack”). The cheaper paper liner stuff will have to do.

And this goes for a lot of other stuff you won’t be able to find readily, whatever it is. Our standard of life, has been marginalized, according to what the big conglomerates who deal with China, thing we’ll be able to afford. And that’s what you’ll find at the “big box” stores. But rarely better quality.