Is there a site that anyone knows of that allows people to track if a consumer item has been discontinued and what the best alternatives are?
This is less about tech products/services/games and more about stuff you'd buy at Walmart or the grocery store.
For example, my wife has used a very specific eye liner for years in a certain colour, and then the brand discontinued the line with no equivalent replacement and we can't seem to find a similar one (so many wasted trips to various stores). We had to google it and find a few other folks complaining as well on various random forums that it's been discontinued just to confirm. Same goes for specific products in sensitive-skin editions or that one flavour of something you like.
I was thinking of maybe making a site like this, but figured I'd ask the crowd about what I might be missing or if anyone else has the same issues and would be interested in using it?
Why does it always feel like the one thing we like and use regularly is the only thing that no longer has shelf space at the store?
Interesting idea, an alternativeto.net style site for consumer products with crowd maintained lists. I'm sure you could affiliate link to a lot of the products to help finance the effort.
This is less about tech products/services/games and more about stuff you'd buy at Walmart or the grocery store.
For example, my wife has used a very specific eye liner for years in a certain colour, and then the brand discontinued the line with no equivalent replacement and we can't seem to find a similar one (so many wasted trips to various stores). We had to google it and find a few other folks complaining as well on various random forums that it's been discontinued just to confirm. Same goes for specific products in sensitive-skin editions or that one flavour of something you like.
I was thinking of maybe making a site like this, but figured I'd ask the crowd about what I might be missing or if anyone else has the same issues and would be interested in using it?
Why does it always feel like the one thing we like and use regularly is the only thing that no longer has shelf space at the store?