Stopped carrying that brand?
By katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
United States
April 15, 2009 4:16pm CST
I think my store stopped carrying the brand of diapers I usually buy. I've been using this brand since my twins were babies, so for over 6 years. I absolutely love this brand. It's cheaper than the usual brands like Huggies, Luvs, and Pampers, but it works just as well in my opinion.
A couple weeks ago they had the diapers marked down from their usual $7 a pack down to $5. I was tempted to buy 2 packs and I should have! Because the following week they didn't have any at all!
I wasn't sure what to do. Obviously I have to buy diapers. My options were to go for the cheaper brand and hope they work as well, or to go for a brand like Huggies, Luvs, or Pampers, but they were $10 a pack!
I ended up choosing the cheaper brand and I HATE them!! I have to use twice as many because they don't hold as much. I've had to change my son's pants 5 times today because the diapers have leaked through and soaked the pants. He wakes up in the middle of the night needing a diaper change!!
This Friday when I go shopping, I'm buying one of the expensive brands!!
What brand of diaper do you use? Why do you like it?
Has a store ever stopped carrying a product that you really liked and used a lot? Did it force you to buy a cheaper version that wasn't as good, or a more expensive version?
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14 responses
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
15 Apr 09
I used walmart's brand diapers called Parents choice. They are about half the price of Huggies and such but they work almost as good. I've used them with all 3 of my kids. I hate when stores do that. I can't think of a specific time that has happened to me but I know that it has. I usually try to pick the next brand that is close in price but it usually doesn't work as good.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
15 Apr 09
See, Parent's Choice is the brand I was forced to buy and I hate them!! I think they're completely awful! I will never buy them again.
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@Wife_n_Mother (19)
• United States
16 Apr 09
I used to use Parents Choice for my daughter when she was younger. She is 18 months now and i use the Pampers Cruisers. Yes they do cost a bit more but to me they are well worth the money. I was always changing her diapers when she had parents choice but now that we have the Pampers cruizers we are having no problems. They work tremendously well. I tried all the other brands too and they just didn't work for me.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
16 Apr 09
Parent's Choice is the one I bought when I couldn't find my brand. I hate it. I went today and bought Luvs, they were on sale. I hope they work better than the Parent's Choice.
@bayernfan (1430)
• Canada
16 Apr 09
Perhaps the store hasn't stopped carrying that brand afterall. If the price was reduced to $5 from $7, many people may have switched from higher priced brands to that one. There are a lot of people hurting financially right now who are looking to save some cash, so this could explain why the store has run out of stock. It could be that the store didn't expect this to happen, wasn't prepared, and hasn't resupplied yet. Did you ask a store employee or manager if your brand had been dropped by that store? Perhaps you should ask around to find another store that carries the brand? If nothing else, you'll know where to go if another store runs out or stops carrying that brand. Cheers.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
16 Apr 09
Considering there were no spots on the shelves anywhere, and this was a store brand of diapers... I have to guess they no longer make them.
@GreenMoo (11834)
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2 May 09
I'm pleased to report that I'm now only using nappies at night, so I think the packet I have at home shall be the last I need buy.
I'm pleased to say though that I've never had a problem with buying cheap nappies. In the UK I used to buy the big supermarket's value ranges which worked perfectly well. I even stashed my van full of them when I left! Now I buy a supermarket own brand version too, but the only ones available are allot more expensive. I've never bought the big brand ones like Huggies or Pampers (we get those in the UK) or Dodot (an expensive Portuguese brand) unless it's been an emergency and that's all I've been able to get. The extra cost never seemed worthwhile, for something that baby just dirtied then you threw out!
I'm very pleased that using cloth nappies in daytime has saved me a fortune in buying disposable nappies. I've only ever used them at night or for long travels.
@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
15 Apr 09
I always used Huggies when mine were little. But the reson I did was I had a friend who kept me well supplied in $3.00 off coupons! One time when we were on vacation I had to pick up some at Krogers. They were Kroger brand and they were very good diapers. My niece is having a baby in November and she said you could register the baby at pampers.com and they are already sending her coupons. I don'tknow of it is for a newborn or what but it might be worth a try.
@parthu28 (498)
• India
16 Apr 09
i completely agree with you that when the brand you love stops coming into the market it feels utterly ridiculous...
my skin is very sensitive.there was a soap i used which suited my skin very well and was also within my budget (you can say it was cheaper than the others)
suddenly it vanished from the market......since that day i am searching for a soap which would suit me.i have got rashes all over my body...........
its really bad.....
@mac1946 (1602)
• Calgary, Alberta
16 Apr 09
Due to environmental teasons,I have never used anything but flannel diapers and plastic panties on any of the young ones I have babysat over the years.
As a babysitter,for around 40 years,I have looked into the cost factor very hard and found that I was saving between $3,000.00 to $5,000.00 every two years, and this was taking everything needed into account.
The children were happy and most were potty trained by the time they reached two years of age.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
16 Apr 09
I have never had a store stop carrying the brand of diapers I bought, but I have had them be out of the right size in the brand that I wanted and I bought a different brand rather than getting ones that were too big. With my daughter you could not use the cheap diapers. LUVS were the only ones that worked on her super large bladder.
@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
16 Apr 09
I haven't bought diapers for about 3 years now but when I did for my last child I hated every brand out there. When my older kids were babies I loved Huggies. That was 13 years ago though. If you are going to buy huggies you might want to go to coupons.com they use to have a $5.00 coupon to print. They change them but check and see.
@Yori88 (1465)
• Philippines
16 Apr 09
I have a son and he is now six and a half months old. I have been using diaper when my baby turned three months since my aunt gave birth which means I have to return the cloth diapers I borrowed. Then my husband always buy diapers every month. Our brand is Huggies. I know it is one of the most expensive but it is worth the pay. It holds more and does not leak even if it is already full. The diaper seems dry even if it has urine on it so it feels like it is not wet. My baby sleeps well with it. We have this brand that is not popular which made us use it by about a month. It has the same price as that of Huggies and the quality is also good. But then it was always out so we decided to stick with Huggies. We also used Pampers before but it is more expensive than other diapers including Huggies. And the Pampers I have used becomes gel after getting wet which makes my baby;s behind full of tiny and scattered gels. I do not know why that happens but with other brand it does not happen. Huggies has two kinds here in Philippines. The all blue pack which is known as Huggies Dry (this is what we use) and the other one is the Huggies Comfort which is more expensive and I think that was the most expensive diaper in the grocery we used to shop with.
Anyway I am really after my baby's comfort. I want him to have a sound sleep and I hate saggy diapers. My husband one time bought a brand we do not sure then the diaper really went wet! The cotton became rocks and then the diaper became a mess. We never tried that again. I would rather buy an affordable yet of good quality diaper than to try cheaper ones because they are usually fake and not of good quality. Anyway the Huggies Dry is very good and I do not have problems with it so far.
@neerajpandey_13 (1765)
• India
16 Apr 09
General mentality of any shopkeeper is that they want to sell thise products which they have in stock. If sometimes they have stock of bad stuff then they sell these things as well.
@erricaalisa (489)
• United States
16 Apr 09
I would prefer buying parent chocie because of the price but Tristan leaks straight trhough those. Thats the brand I mostly got at my baby shower and I have like 3 packs left still to use. He does well in pampers and huggies, so I guess I will be buying those for now on
@deejean06 (1952)
• United States
16 Apr 09
Hi kats...I use either Target or Walmart diapers. They are the same price, it's just a matter of which store I'm closest to at the time. We use Huggies overnites at night because the regular diapers just weren't holding all the nighttime pee. And it's always a good idea to buy more than you need for the week because you never know when you'll run out and you're obviously going to need them for awhile. Good luck in your diaper hunting!