Black Market Tampons

[Skelly]

Lovers of the o.b. tampon are reportedly going nuts because the tampons have been mysteriously missing from stores, and its makers (Johnson & Johnson) have given no explanation for why. Only Rite-Aid has been reported to carry the tampons–in very limited stock and absorbency level. According to CNN, ‘because the product is so unique, the shortage has led to a black market. While a box of o.b. tampons costs $7.49 at Rite Aid, eBay users have posted starting bids of as much as $130 for four boxes, taking advantage of the limited supply.

And apparently that isn’t too much to ask of some loyal fans, with one customer saying in an online forum that she recently bought a box on Amazon.com for $39.’

[seemiyah]

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That's crazy, I didn't even know they still made them.

[Suesumba]

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$130 for real?

[Tulip]

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$130 for 4 boxes?!?

I can tell yolu where I'm going for lunch. Rite Aid is right down the street.

[RichD]

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dem mussi use dem for sumtin else

[Bizzy]

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what is O.B??

[RichD]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bizi_Oh_Em_Gee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">what is O.B?? </div></div>

[Skelly]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: seemiyah</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's crazy, I didn't even know they still made them. </div></div>

seet deh? wats so great bout dem? if i have to use tampons i use playtex wid the plastic applicator not the cardboard...yech!

[Bizzy]

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Ok, never heard of them...

[seemiyah]

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Do they even have the cardboard? I thought and I read they don't have applicators you have to use your finger, maybe dat is why dem popular still....

[Suesumba]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bizi_Oh_Em_Gee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">what is O.B?? </div></div>

lit's a tampon that doesn't have an applicator. the marketing kick back in the 80's? was that it was &quot;designed by a woman&quot;.

[Peasie]

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those non-applicator style tampons are very popular in europe.

this thread brought to mind the the tampon shortage in ja. in the 1980s

[Wendy]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">those non-applicator style tampons are very popular in europe.
<span style="font-weight: bold">
this thread brought to mind the the tampon shortage in ja. in the 1980s </span> </div></div>\
There was such a ting?

All mi eva hear bout inna di 80s is Shuga and Saltfish shartage

[Peasie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WeNdY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There was such a ting? </div></div>
yes, wendy and some of us knew about it

[H_O]

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this is a bloody entertaining thread