The mini bins are back, and they start another mini-crash in the Joe neighborhood store store.
Trader Joe reissued the new mini reusable tote bag This week in pastel colors, at an affordable $ 3. The blue, pink, lavender and mint green bags are part of the last spring drop of the store. The bags became first An “essential article” last year – with the Service served mini totes In the navy, yellow, red and forest green.
“Our customers have clearly clearly clear: the smaller the tote, the greater the feeling,” said Trader Joe on his website.
In California, the tote frenzy has once again struck – sending resale prices to breathtaking heights.
If all this seems very familiar, it is because the Americans go crazy for a new retail article every few years. Remember the Stanley Commuter cup which caused a frenzy last year? In 2022, it was a bucket of Disney popcorn in dragon plastic. In 2020, people became wacky for the PlayStation 5 and the Popeyes Chicken Sandwich in 2019. If you are old enough, you will remember the patch doll frenzy in the mid -80s, the Tickle Me Elmo Craze in the mid -90s and the Pokemon Trading video and video games and a few years later.
The last craze has dozens of People aligned outside Various locations through the State and the country For hours just to buy a bag.
An online user sounded the alarm on Tuesday on a line extending in the parking lot of a store in the San Fernando valley.
“I don’t need such bad yogurt,” the user wrote on an article from a private Facebook group from Granada Hills. Other neighbors have indicated that customers are trying to buy the new bins, which have since increased the resale price.
On ebayFour mini tote can cost up to $ 90 – not to mention taxes. But some resellers cash in high demand because line waiting times can last several hours with the risk that the store can lack inventory. Due to high demand, certain store locations set limits of two to three bags per person, according to store employees.
One pink mini tote bag is currently listed online at $ 999.99. THE extreme price varies from $ 300 to a huge $ 49,000 for a bag.
“Our mini-tote on canvas have certainly sold faster than we had planned. The spokesman told People magazine. “Our customers, in our stores, are our goal; We do not approve of the re-sale of any of our products, anywhere. ”
This is not the first time that Trader Joe’s turned his head with his reusable bags. Last year, the store reissued its Mystères sheath packageswhich transported three bins inside with conceptions based on different states and cities. The mystery was the initial attraction and the price – unbeatable. A pack of three mysteries was $ 3.99.
“Okay, so when I bought the latter, I had the size of a business size!”, ” A Reddit user wrote. “I chose a completely random pack at the last minute before checking, and the first I pulled was the orange chicken !! I also had Texas and Kentucky. ”
Some mysteries of resale are always as expensive as mini bins. A package of 35 mysteries of a drop of 2023 can cost $ 300 on eBay.
“I never understood the obsession of these bags. It’s really weird,” has a The Reddit user wrote. “Other than that, they are cute, no one seems to explain why they will stay there for hours to get one.”
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