• ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk
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    8 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.

    • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe
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      8 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.

      • nomy@lemmy.zip
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        7 hours ago

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

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          6 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

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            6 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.

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        6 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.

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          4 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.

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            3 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.