Have a seat: Patio furniture shortage tells US economic tale
ABC News
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COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland -- People used to go to Valley View Farms to buy five tomato plants and end up with $5,000 in patio furniture. This year is different. After a record burst of sales in March, the showroom floor is almost empty of outdoor chairs, tables and chaises for people to buy. The garden supply store in suburban Baltimore has been waiting six months for a shipping container from Vietnam full of $100,000 worth of wicker and aluminum furniture. Half of the container has already been sold by showing customers photographs. The container should have arrived in February, but it reached U.S. waters on June 3 and has just docked in Long Beach, California. “Everyone is just so far behind,” said John Hessler, 62, the patio section manager. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”More Related News