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mahatmakanejeeves

(66,451 posts)
2. I played my part.
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 06:07 PM
Friday

I love basmati rie. I get the Royal. basmati rice in 20-lb. bags at the Walmart. Nearly every time I check the inventory at the Walmart near me, the computer shows that they're out. Every other Walmart for miles around can have it in stock, but not the one near me.

It comes from India. Two weeks ago, I was near that Walmart anyway, so I thought I'd look. There were two bags way back on the shelf. It comes from India, and Trump had just announced the tariff. On top of that, it was on sale. I bought both bags.

On the way out of the store, I talked to the manager. His inshore inventory showed that the store have 15 bags in stock, presumably accounting for the two I had just bought. When I got back home, I check my web portall. It showed that the store had none.

I'm set for basmati rice for a long time.

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