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I ran into an interesting issue the other day and I am starting to wonder if the harbinger of things to come. My dog food was 100% more expensive online. Local

I ran into an interesting issue the other day and I am starting to wonder if the harbinger of things to come. My dog food was 100% more expensive online. Local store only had one 30 pound bag. We are already stockpiling ramen and water and now I guess we will start adding dog food into the mix as well. Things have not fallen apart, but they have clearly changed.

cableshaft 6y ago
Where are you at that dog food has gotten 100% more expensive (or where are you checking?) It doesn't seem like it's gotten that much higher for me just checking Chewy.com.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
  Amazon. There were only 2 non-local sellers so it may have been a fluke. I didn't check Chewy since I tend to wait for them to send me coupons to try them again. edit: Chicago-land
  - cableshaft 6y ago
    Also Chicagoland, but yeah we get ours through Chewy. Probably just the standard 'it's out of stock, so some random seller will throw it up there for 2-3x the price and hope someone buys it' that just about every product has on Amazon. I see it happen all the time with board games. Like this card pack for the Arkham Horror Card game, that someone's trying to sell for $40, when it retails for $15: https://www.amazon.com/Arkham-Horror-TCG-Dagon-Mythos/dp/B08JH2NYDY/ https://www.amazon.com/Arkham-Horror-TCG-Dagon-Mythos/dp/B08...
    - zo1 6y ago
      I definitely think that's a case of throwing crappy over-priced offers onto the wall and seeing what sticks. Just like crappy blog-spam, you never know when some fluke of the search algorithm will redirect some poor unknowing fool to your page or product and they are desperate or uninformed enough to buy whatever it is you are selling. 100% the fault of Amazon or whatever marketplace this is. Right now we should be having a rich taxonomy and unique product database that links all versions of the same product together so that I can click: "Chewy Dog Food 5kg" and get all the sellers offering it. Then proceed to sort by price, filter out the suppliers that look dodgy, add said suppliers to a "fake chinese product spam list" personal black list, and proceed to buy the cheapest original version of the product.
      - imtringued 6y ago
        geizhals.de does this for computer hardware
- brewdad 6y ago
  Chewy sent me an email saying that my cat's prescription diet wold not be available going forward and that I should look at a different brand or another supplier. Two days later, it shipped as normal and there is nothing in my subscription portal to suggest any issues. It may have been a glitch or we may have problems in the coming months.
HaloZero 6y ago
interesting, I wonder if it's something specific with your dog's food. Any idea on what it is? I just checked mine against an order +1 year ago and it's the same price. My pup eats Wellness CORE Natural lamb
- A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
  GSD Royal canine in my case. Nothing apparent comes to mind. It seems like a generic enough kibble. I don't like to change it since he has a surprisingly delicate stomach.
JohnJamesRambo 6y ago
Have you tried Walmart? It is extremely likely they have something that will work. What you are describing is a bona fide first world problem.
ltbarcly3 6y ago
The local store had one bag of dog food, or one bag of the brand and flavor you usually buy? Very specific things go out of stock all the time. The petco near me is stocked floor to ceiling as are all the grocery stores. I don't live anywhere special.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
  Good point. Sorry. It is not my intention to start a panic here. There are a lot of options available ( "stocked to the ceiling" ) if you don't care about a specific flavor/brand. In my case, my dog is a little more demanding in a sense that other kibble we tried results in him throwing up so, in a sense, we are locked-in. But it was never an issue over the last years until now. Still, it is just an anecdote.
  - tedk-42 6y ago
    Try softening kibble with hot water. Let the food cool down before serving to your dog

cableshaft 6y ago

Where are you at that dog food has gotten 100% more expensive (or where are you checking?) It doesn't seem like it's gotten that much higher for me just checking Chewy.com.

A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
Amazon. There were only 2 non-local sellers so it may have been a fluke. I didn't check Chewy since I tend to wait for them to send me coupons to try them again. edit: Chicago-land
- cableshaft 6y ago
  Also Chicagoland, but yeah we get ours through Chewy. Probably just the standard 'it's out of stock, so some random seller will throw it up there for 2-3x the price and hope someone buys it' that just about every product has on Amazon. I see it happen all the time with board games. Like this card pack for the Arkham Horror Card game, that someone's trying to sell for $40, when it retails for $15: https://www.amazon.com/Arkham-Horror-TCG-Dagon-Mythos/dp/B08JH2NYDY/ https://www.amazon.com/Arkham-Horror-TCG-Dagon-Mythos/dp/B08...
  - zo1 6y ago
    I definitely think that's a case of throwing crappy over-priced offers onto the wall and seeing what sticks. Just like crappy blog-spam, you never know when some fluke of the search algorithm will redirect some poor unknowing fool to your page or product and they are desperate or uninformed enough to buy whatever it is you are selling. 100% the fault of Amazon or whatever marketplace this is. Right now we should be having a rich taxonomy and unique product database that links all versions of the same product together so that I can click: "Chewy Dog Food 5kg" and get all the sellers offering it. Then proceed to sort by price, filter out the suppliers that look dodgy, add said suppliers to a "fake chinese product spam list" personal black list, and proceed to buy the cheapest original version of the product.
    - imtringued 6y ago
      geizhals.de does this for computer hardware
brewdad 6y ago
Chewy sent me an email saying that my cat's prescription diet wold not be available going forward and that I should look at a different brand or another supplier. Two days later, it shipped as normal and there is nothing in my subscription portal to suggest any issues. It may have been a glitch or we may have problems in the coming months.

HaloZero 6y ago

interesting, I wonder if it's something specific with your dog's food. Any idea on what it is? I just checked mine against an order +1 year ago and it's the same price. My pup eats Wellness CORE Natural lamb

A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
GSD Royal canine in my case. Nothing apparent comes to mind. It seems like a generic enough kibble. I don't like to change it since he has a surprisingly delicate stomach.

JohnJamesRambo 6y ago

Have you tried Walmart? It is extremely likely they have something that will work. What you are describing is a bona fide first world problem.

ltbarcly3 6y ago

The local store had one bag of dog food, or one bag of the brand and flavor you usually buy? Very specific things go out of stock all the time. The petco near me is stocked floor to ceiling as are all the grocery stores. I don't live anywhere special.

A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
Good point. Sorry. It is not my intention to start a panic here. There are a lot of options available ( "stocked to the ceiling" ) if you don't care about a specific flavor/brand. In my case, my dog is a little more demanding in a sense that other kibble we tried results in him throwing up so, in a sense, we are locked-in. But it was never an issue over the last years until now. Still, it is just an anecdote.
- tedk-42 6y ago
  Try softening kibble with hot water. Let the food cool down before serving to your dog