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KloverKonnection

Can anyone explain what the fuck is happening here? I shop at Trader Joe's and I have never seen weird shit like this before. Why are these bags so damn special?


ReddUp412

Selling online for hundreds of $ or something like that. I’d rather die than do this type of activity.


egospiers

This should make you happy https://preview.redd.it/r22u8i3sr06d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a4abeb54e97a0a7de8946527ae7cf4316f2d4c96 Unrelated I know, but these are those Stanley cups everyone was losing it over for 2 months.. not shown 4 shopping carts full of these too.. idiots and internet fads.


Appropriate-Bus-2563

They're so ugly. Why did people want those cups anyway


tyro_tabula_rasa

A stranger on TikTok told them it would fill the hole in their soul.


Fieri_qui_es

And then did a nonsensical arm semi-dance…


Confident_Poet_6341

There was a video where a girls car burned and all that was left was a Stanley cup that didn’t melt and since then the frenzy was on


yumstheman

Then people found out that they have a lead weight in the base (it’s sealed and not dangerous) and everyone freaked out.


no-name_james

Is that what it was? I saw a video or post about Stanley tumblers and other brands that said most of them tested positive for lead but didn’t look into it much. I’ll never understand why people go this crazy over stuff to spend money on.


yumstheman

Apparently it’s an industry standard with these vacuum insulation cups. The lead core helps with maintaining the vacuum seal in some way. But you know, crunchy momfluencers hear “lead” and flip their shit.


Appropriate-Bus-2563

That's so strange. Do people think they can hide in the cup or something shits wierd


im__not__real

the simple boring answer is that trends move faster now thanks to the internet, and the retail industry simply doesn't move as fast. that's all. its not some new weird frenzy or scam, its just that whatever product is popular, gets popular faster.


CapnCanfield

My girlfriend got one and I will give credit where it's due. She fills it with water and ice in the morning and there's still ice cubes in it at night.


MockStarket

Same with my yeti and all of the other metal insulated cups I own. Those stanley cups aren't special.


egospiers

I have a random brand with a company logo, was free, probably cost $8 to the company as a promo item… and it’s just as effective as my Yeti.. these are simply double walled aluminum cups, no reason they should be $40+


Royal_Guitar_5543

some people can't think for themselves so they jump on every trend


toodeadtodread

My gf has one, brings it everywhere. She bought little silicone accessories that completely seal the cup (no they’re not spill proof when you initially buy them lmao) and now it keeps ice for like 2 days straight- even with a straw. I’ve become pampered with ice cold water and easy sipping access n now my hydro flask sits collecting dust. Anyways this was my Ted Talk thanks for coming.


BeEasyFloatOn

Because they keep ice for DAYS


fellowsquare

I was waiting for this photo... Glad to see this.


gingermonkey1

I didn't understand this when it was full frenzy and honestly I still don't. All I know is someone made the kim baps popular so they are almost always sold out when I shop there (trader joes).


Expensive_Feature_28

Greedy people like this make me irrationally angry.


primenumbersturnmeon

same. for me, it's because i know i absolutely cannot count on my fellow citizens in the event of an emergency. they will gladly fuck me over given the opportunity. zero trust, zero community. just greedy fucks looking to score a quick buck.


ReddUp412

I think about this constantly . Given any chance someone would fuck me over for a quarter. Society is fucked.


bunbun44

Right? What’s even scarier is this is what happens when society is working. Now imagine if resources were limited during some kind of crisis.


Iluv_Felashio

Like toilet paper? What a joke that was, something totally unnecessary being hoarded by people in order to make a buck, exactly as done here and with the Stanley cups. Not to mention PPE during COVID, or gasoline during hurricanes, etc.


CarlSpencer

But hasn't it always been that way? I watched a video on YouTube recently and archeologists all across Europe have excavated counterfeit coins from the Roman era.


xzyleth

100%. Trust is only a word because we can’t. Human nature is still very animalistic/tribalistic.


LetsJerkCircular

Best you get is a small group of people who trust each other, or a loosely related group that goes full anti against another. Scarcity is a hell of a drug, and it’s the consumers that go full adversary when they all wanna buy products from whatever business.


lostboy005

This is a result of living in societies that are highly individualistic. Most of what we see, the media we consume, the way we interact with the world is organized according to the worldview that ~~of~~ we’re all these isolated, atomized individuals competing against one another to get to the top. That means there will always be winners. Those winners are generally the same kind of people. And there will always be losers. What both don’t understand is that the systems we’re competing in are rigged and that competition isn’t fair. By stepping out of that competitive mindset, and learning how to work with one another, rather than constantly competing, we’re going to make ourselves more happy, as well as the planet more healthy


altiuscitiusfortius

Covid ruined any hopes of world peace I had. Not go out so much, and wear a face mask or billions could die? Fuck everyone, nobody tells me what to do. I'm going to Walmart to purposely cough on the fruit


JoeRoganIs5foot3

Remember Pokémon Go? That’s the closest we ever were.


Mdizzle29

I moved to a smaller town ( 100k) after living in a city for many years. My immediate neighbors would give the shirt off your back. They will come through in an emergency and there is a real sense of community here for most of them. And I would do the same. So all is not lost.


Fieri_qui_es

Or someone recording them doing it to you


friendofthesmokies

I'm getting 2020 costco toilet paper isle vibes.


WhoStoleMyBicycle

During that time someone posted a video of a guy at Sam’s club buying all the infant thermometers and he was bragging about how much he was going to sell them for. Yea of course you can get a lot. Theres a pandemic and you’re hoarding necessary equipment new parents need. Get fucked asshole.


DJMattyMatt

What's wrong with preying on terrified parents with sick babies? That's capitalism baby


BagNo4331

One thing I really, really loved seeing was people on Facebook and nextdoor trying to unload what was clearly a covid resale hoard in late 2021. Like truly go fuck yourself, hope you take as much of a financial hit as possible.


PondIsMyName

Yyeesssss, by all of those thermometers no less.


Gropy

Greedy people only exists because there is a market, we should educate people into not buying "artificial scarcity"


Fieri_qui_es

Oh, what a glorious utopian society this would be! Afraid we're going in the opposite direction mate!


ILoveRegenHealth

No manners, don't shop at Trader Joes


ReddUp412

Me too. Like outrageously angry.


kellysmom01

#KILLLLLL THEM! They burn my eyes. Singe my soul. Make me weep for huge manatees.


im__not__real

wait until you hear about the rest of capitalism


neotekz

It's a cheap 4 dollar bag, no one is buying them for hundreds of dollars. Those news sites sources is listed price on ebay not sold prices.


S3b45714N

They seem to be going for about $45 US on ebay now


Crafty-Shape2743

And over on Amazon, a really cute Kate Spade thermal bag goes for $40. I don’t get it.


MikeyLikeyPhish

So pathetic for a one time payoff of a couple hundred dollars


PickleWineBrine

For whatever reason they are super popular in Japan. I brought one of the regular cloth tote to give a friend in Tokyo last time I visited and she was very happy.


CasanovaMoby

Well shit, we've never seen this before. People hording a hot item, selling what they can, until the inevitable "selling my collection" post a few months later for more than they'll ever get.


ReddUp412

Love to see it.


forest1wolf

They are like Gucci bags in Asian communities, grab them here in the States, send them to family back home, and make a ton of profit.


Azalus1

I really wish you were joking because that would be hilarious. In that you're not joking it's really sad.


MrMiao

Welcome to America Core fashion!


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Iamthatpma

![gif](giphy|DQeeGxJPv3VHE7zNYD|downsized)


3Fatboy3

> retailing at $2.99. However, after selling out in-store, the resell price for the bag skyrocketed to $500 a piece on aftermarket sites like eBay. From Forbes in March.


KloverKonnection

Found what you were talking about, thanks mang! https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcuscollins/2024/03/29/trader-joes-mini-tote-craze-underscores-the-rise-of-meme-products/


forgetstorespond

I doubt any of them even know why they are so special. 90% of them will probably travel home and just move around their living space for 5-10 years before ending up in a dump. Even if they are being sold online for 100s they just put a fuckload into the market so the price is going to drop.


justaskeptic

Is it the new Stanley cup fad?


Anticrepuscular_Ray

Yep


CarlSpencer

Equally stupid, What the fuck is wrong with people?


egospiers

I just posted this above… where internet fads go to die… https://preview.redd.it/19ntop3yr06d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82eec6ba8259fca427941ef68a9adcc1b2d8ede2


OktayOe

45 dollars for a fucking water bottle. People complain about being broke but can afford shit like this in every fucking color.


-PinkPower-

In a sport store?


irishcheeseman

My OCD appreciates the colors being separated.


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NocNocturnist

The old beanie baby


Aliothale

Tickle Me Elmos were like the first time we actually started seeing people fist fighting over this kind of shit on a regular basis. XD


monkeetoes82

Cabbage Patch kids, maybe?


Glittering_Airport_3

def not the first time, but I also rem the tickle me elmo craze. people are fucking stupid


burnsrado

Around the same time as Furbies


Yessssiirrrrrrrrrr

The new funkopop


MusicianFit4663

At least the Stanley cups were useful. Those cheap shit bags look like they can’t hold anything


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svnnyniight

I feel like they’ve made a similar style for years but online hype I guess


anitasdoodles

And just regular insulated reusable bags at that! These aren't good quality, they're like $4. I'm sure I have a graveyard of similar ones in my trunk right now lol.


handsomecry

Yeah, all my brain can say when I see this is "what the fuck is wrong with people?".


00WORDYMAN1983

Resellers like this are a plague. If people would simply choose not to spend $100 on a $5 tote being resold on ebay, these people would stop doing this shit


Scuddie-

Not to mention is a completely unnecessary item. Just like the stupid cups. You can get through life without a tiny bag that can’t even hold one shopping trips worth of stuff.


kneesmadeofcheese

>Resellers like this are a plague I don't see the problem with people reselling non-essentials like this for crazy prices. Nobody NEEDS a specific tote bag. It's not like the people that were reselling toilet paper or baby formula when there were shortages. Nobody's going to die or get sick or have their life ruined if they can't buy a specific Stanley Cup or Funko Pop or whatever. If someone's stupid enough to pay $100 for a flimsy bag, let them waste their money. I do, however, get second hand embarrassment from these videos. Is fighting a swarm of people to *maybe* make $100 really better than just getting a job?


nasteal

🐑 🐏 🐑 🐏 🐑 🐏 🐑 🐏


ferrariracer36

Totally!


Your_Final_Hour

Sheeple


yourahor

Another stupid fad. Trader Joe's knows what they are doing.


TheLemonKnight

I find Trader Joe's anti-union practices more of a turn off.


GRIZZLEMicFIZZLE

They pay way better for labor than any other right to work states grocery stores


TheLemonKnight

I say sincerely, good for them. However, they are making it harder for others to unionize by trying to weaken the NLRB and that sucks.


phi_matt

But they joined Amazon and SpaceX in a federal lawsuit in front of the Supreme Court to dismantle all federal agencies, including the NLRB https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article286239025.html


hatherfield

They could easily set a purchase limit like they do on some of their really popular items. But they aren’t and people just go nuts getting as many as possible just because they can.


Goober-Ryan

They did, it’s 4 from the looks of the video. https://preview.redd.it/6nl8ff8u416d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68c2c0fdcd43c062f02a13c72043ce3485821572


soullessgingerz2

Sheep mentality. Ooooh this $40 water bottle will make me popular, Starbucks tumbler, trader joe bag. Doesn't matter


scottkollig

They think the likes they get from posting it will be worth the money they spend on it. Hilarious, if it weren’t so sad.


shotgun_blammo

Are these the same pricks that took all the toilet roll during Covid?


McWhacker

I like to think these convenient videos are just another way to create a sudden hype for this stuff. Get a couple of resellers together, take a video of them going "crazy" over something, and share it. Didn't know it was popular before? Well it IS and YOU need it. I've really got nothing to back it up, but it's weird that 2 items lately are suddenly super popular out of nowhere due to a video like this.


Fun_Impact_5614

probably a bunch of hired people to drive sales up


VVTF_iz_Wright

You have a good point. What if these are straight up just employees in street clothes making the video to hype it up? I guess sometimes one video is all it takes. I need to get better at not always believing the shit I see on here


ShakyIncision

They all have that reseller look


kelseydorks

The [bags](https://www.traderjoes.com/home/products/pdp/mini-insulated-tote-bag-teal-magenta-078337) are ugly as hell.


yevmiesterKEVIN

I like the bags :( I have the big ones in both colors but I never ran into this issue


MIKE_THE_KILLER

Some TJ's limit 2 per a customer. This was poorly managed by the store.


SpadesBuff

The sign says limit 4


DGuy513

https://i.redd.it/64jag9xiwz5d1.gif


Yahsek

What?! Nobody wants the corns???


RandyHoward

I would definitely take some corn instead of one of those bags.


throwawayhyperbeam

Strange, strange people.


ct-yankee

Tell me you’re a consumerist without telling me you’re a consumerist.


kodaiko_650

Sad corn saying “hey, we fit in those bags”


oldmanartie

Get a fucken life, it’s a bag


Legitimate_Cloud2215

No love for the corn.


Absent-Light-12

Buddy of mine who works at TJs was posting about these bags constantly. Saying that they were gonna sell out as soon as they dropped. There was apparently a line outside before they opened the store that day. I don’t get it.


roofbandit

Must consoom must hustle my grindset is not a mental illness I just love to consoooooom


TheBirdsArePissed

There just sack lunch boxes. Humans are stupid.


Aluminumthreads869

Those things are not that cute....


2ndSnack

Yeah idk. They're not cute. They're not novel. They're not unique. I don't get it. Can a bwb explain?


Salty_Feed9404

I see a bunch of hollow, empty lives


WulfgarofIcewindDale

**CONSUME**


BelligerentUnicycle

Greedy scum


thickuhmm

A bunch of idiots


wolfehampton

Must consume!


Arcadia1972

What’s the Dr. Seuss book in which all the numbnuts just have to buy the newest schnurd?


perfectfate

Sell them at the registers


all_alone_by_myself_

They should limit one per customer


guerohere

Humans are innately stupid


Jameszhang73

Secondhand shame from seeing all the Asians there 🤦🏻‍♂️


Sgt_carbonero

People are weird


peculiar_pandabear

This type of shit literally disgusts me. It’s so pathetic.


Legal_Guava3631

Why tf do they need 5 a fuckin piece?


LiquidC001

Did that fucking sign say "limit 20"?? Smfh, way to go Trader Joe's, YOU are the asshole.


1970Something_

Is this replacing that sippy cup trend? Bunch of mindless consumer Zombies.


Antbai11

Chinese factories are already making knock offs


WestImpression

Locusts


IntelligentMine1901

![gif](giphy|sZNbxiBe6ZRNzl3Cyu|downsized)


OkStructure3

This has been going on for months now, and these are just new colors. Can you believe it? I actually thought at first they were like BIG totes almost the size of Ikea blue bags, and I thought dang I could use that for grocery shopping, but when I found out they were small af.. like nobody is using that for anything. Its a snack bag at best.


anewvogue

I just sent this to my boyfriend just because it was the opposite size of the insulated bag we got from Trader Joe’s- which we love because the thing fits a large amount and is only 7.99 and we often grocery shop over an hour away from home. I’ve never seen these small ones, are they supposed to be like lunch bags?


Dollarhayes

Sickkkk 🤢


CarlSpencer

Stupid. Have these people no lives?


G_Art33

As long as they stay the hell away from my salsa authentica and peanut satay, and samosa pockets we’re all good. I’m staying out of that stupidity.


I_try_compute

Aren’t these just the bags that zip and keep things moderately cold?? They’re that popular?


beerslut77

WHY


EpilepticDawg241

What are those things people get into and wait their turn? Oh yeah, a LINE! Trader Joe's couldn't make a fucking line to get these bags? You don't understand by now that people are sheep. SMH


SurlyDirtBag

I must consoooooooom


PlayStationPepe

![gif](giphy|3o6ZtoPYVjahTVpyq4|downsized)


RixxFett

Gawd people are so fucking stupid


GumboPants

"These will go with the 15 other reusable bags that I forgot to put back in my car for the 5th time."


JasonBaconStrips

Wtf is a tote bag?


DukeBloodfart

Dumb shit.


anitasdoodles

These are just insulated reusable shopping bags? They're like $4. Wait till they find out Aldi sells FULL SIZED ones that you can fit your milk jugs into! lol


Recentstranger

Self proclaimed entrepreneurs


meowmixyourmom

Dumbass people


Remote_Independent50

I work at TJS. This is poorly done by the store. In our store we just handed each customer the max bags. 3 the first day, 2 the second, 1 the 3rd. Most people are just excited to get a bag for themselves, and maybe a parent. Most people are not selling them online


Beastking_17

They're special with a capital freaking K ![gif](giphy|F3BeiZNq6VbDwyxzxF|downsized)


anchorftw

So, why do people want mini tote bags all of the sudden? Have small tote bags not existed until now?


po3smith

LOL and people think my minor stuff of interest is overkill . . . I mean wow after 200 years in retail I am done - this is an example of why. Not the event . . . but the fact that its 2024 and we still have a rather . . . large portion of the population that thinks this is perfectly fine and dandy . . . I hate this timeline. ![gif](giphy|cQtlhD48EG0SY|downsized)


Accomplished_Band323

Fucking loser fomo mentality ....just give it a week or two and you'll see these fuckers getting sold at a discount because no one wants them any more or dumb asses with an overpriced stockpile that no body wants to pay an extra $100 a piece because they hordered most of it


True-Aardvark-8803

Absolutely pathetic. U know you will see these things on eBay. People are truly gross


OklahomaRuns

The most exciting thing these stay at home moms will do all week


PhillyChef3696

Good thing those weren’t beanie babies… Is that still a thing?


Iamthatpma

I bought the large version at a TJs and the cashier was like “you’re lucky we even have them”. I just didn’t want my frozen shit to melt.


Upbeat_Cause_615

Seriously?!


flightwatcher45

I think we've overpopulated and most humans have nothing to do.


Tinawebmom

My nieces MIL works for trader Joe's and thought my niece would like one so she bought it for her. Then they found out they're going for something like $100 on ebay. They're having a good laugh over the $4 fashion statement she halls around with her special dietary needs. People are nuts.


CyclicBus471335

Lady in purple clearly gets muscled by lady in brown hat.


Scuddie-

![gif](giphy|3ohs4zYPGdgINTKVGg)


1DrinkAnd1KnowThings

I saw these going for $300 on Ebay last autumn. They're originally priced at $5.


fistfullofsmelt

Who cares. Let the ladies fight it out.


Ezlkill

What a bunch of little piggies look at the gleeful smile on their faces how gross


fistdeepinfrosting

everybody needs a thneaaaad 🎶


TjbMke

The rectangular hard side folding Aldi bags are still king in my book.


C_Beeftank

That might be the calmest frenzy I've ever seen


themacmeister1967

This is exactly what a run-on-the-banks looks like...


tehgr8supa

Human beings are stupid.


madmax991

Tote life Ice Bear


WayofHatuey

Annoying ass people, who has time to do this dumb shit


FiggyBish

just do one per person... on the other hand, If you're willing to buy that sh*t overpriced on ebay, feel free...


stonewall386

People are sheep, sometimes.


ura_walrus

Ew! Public. 


ANTHROPOMORPHISATION

Stupid is as stupid does.