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| phaz0rz | 03-15-2020 10:11 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
For the life of me I can't understand people stockpiling toilet paper and baby formula.
Toilet paper isn't vital because as long as there is water, you can clean yourself with water. Baby formula is freaking disgusting and I doubt most people would be able to stomach it if they had to. But I'm having a hard time finding formula for my actual baby because a-holes keep buying all Walmart has to offer. |
| james13v | 03-15-2020 10:11 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by tinsoldier
(Post 1077358)
That's the flipside of this kneejerk reaction. Clearly it can't go on for too long so what will be achieved?
One thing is for sure, it will destroy many folk financially and cost some of them their lives not just their livelihood.
I fear time will show that the price society will have paid for trying to fight this virus is far greater than if we'd done nothing more than treat it as any other strain of flu.
| lol the patriot act says hello |
| james13v | 03-15-2020 10:14 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by phaz0rz
(Post 1077376)
For the life of me I can't understand people stockpiling toilet paper and baby formula.
Toilet paper isn't vital because as long as there is water, you can clean yourself with water. Baby formula is freaking disgusting and I doubt most people would be able to stomach it if they had to. But I'm having a hard time finding formula for my actual baby because a-holes keep buying all Walmart has to offer.
| I'm assuming the baby formula is for the actual babies. I'd hope.
Toilet paper is a psychological thing. It's huge and it's cheap, and makes people feel like they have SOME control. And everyone else, just see others doing it, and they think they have to as well. Rinse and repeat.
You know what's realy gotta suck?
People that actually ARE out of toilet paper, because they usually buy it when they are running out, and now can't get any lol. |
| phaz0rz | 03-15-2020 10:33 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
I'm not on social media but my wife is, and she's saying that people are stockpiling baby formula because it has a longer shelf life than milk. Implying a ton of people without babies are buying it just to feel safe.. even though they will most likely never use it and would probably vomit if they tried to.
I saw a listing on eBay yesterday for toilet paper. I don't think eBay has banned the sale of TP yet, but based off of what I saw yesterday, they most likely will very soon. The guy had the basic 1-ply "1000 sheets per roll" Scott toilet paper listed. $8 per roll or best offer, with over 30 rolls sold so far. I can't fathom why anybody is willing to pay $8 for a roll of TP, unless the guy is just shill-buying his own stuff to make it look like he's getting sales. |
| james13v | 03-15-2020 10:35 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by agent006140
(Post 1077385)
who said toilet paper is cheap,me think it is rather expensive,it is bulky,yeah it is cheap if you consider bulkiness =$$.
some use newspaper,twigs and leaves and branches
| that is exactly how people are considering it. It's cheap for the bulk. And it makes people feel in control. For the price, it also goes along way. And there are also many very cheap brands of toilet paper. Again, this is psychological. You're trying to infer logic into this. It's not about what something IS, but what something LOOKS like it is. |
| james13v | 03-15-2020 10:36 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by agent006140
(Post 1077386)
baby formula?
if one is sick and cant eat solid food,wont baby formulae be good ?
toast and tea?
oatmeal,soda crackers.
clear broth
| i think you're confusing baby food, with baby formula. |
| phaz0rz | 03-15-2020 10:37 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by james13v
(Post 1077393)
i think you're confusing baby food, with baby formula.
| Agent's stream-of-consciousness posting style is throwing you off, lol. He/she went from considering the idea of baby formula to considering other emergency foods. |
| james13v | 03-15-2020 10:37 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by phaz0rz
(Post 1077390)
I'm not on social media but my wife is, and she's saying that people are stockpiling baby formula because it has a longer shelf life than milk. Implying a ton of people without babies are buying it just to feel safe.. even though they will most likely never use it and would probably vomit if they tried to.
I saw a listing on eBay yesterday for toilet paper. I don't think eBay has banned the sale of TP yet, but based off of what I saw yesterday, they most likely will very soon. The guy had the basic 1-ply "1000 sheets per roll" Scott toilet paper listed. $8 per roll or best offer, with over 30 rolls sold so far. I can't fathom why anybody is willing to pay $8 for a roll of TP, unless the guy is just shill-buying his own stuff to make it look like he's getting sales.
| see, that's the thing. If people are dumb enough to pay $8 a roll, why aren't they allowed to? Who would banning it, protect exactly? Running out, isn't going to kill anyone. Only slightly inconvenience. Use a shower wand. Use a damn rag. use 3 seashells. I mean, come on. |
| phaz0rz | 03-15-2020 10:39 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by james13v
(Post 1077395)
see, that's the thing. If people are dumb enough to pay $8 a roll, why aren't they allowed to? Who would banning it, protect exactly? Running out, isn't going to kill anyone. Only slightly inconvenience. Use a shower wand. Use a damn rag. use 3 seashells. I mean, come on.
| Oh, I hear you. I'm completely against price controls or any other market restrictions. But they've already set a precedence so I'm just assuming they will follow suit by expanding their ban to other items that sellers are price gouging on. :juggle: |
| james13v | 03-15-2020 10:41 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by phaz0rz
(Post 1077396)
Oh, I hear you. I'm completely against price controls or any other market restrictions. But they've already set a precedence so I'm just assuming they will follow suit by expanding their ban to other items that sellers are price gouging on. :juggle:
| masks and sanitizer tho, can actually cause damage if done wrong. Cheap ⊗⊗⊗⊗ masks. Diluted sanitizer. someone sick, might need it to help stop the spread. I can ALMOST understand that. Sanitizer and masks can actually prevent someone from dying. Toilet paper tho.... |
| james13v | 03-15-2020 10:48 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by tinsoldier
(Post 1077398)
.....I'm turtleing as we speak, but I'll do my duty and fight it. :en:
The demand for loo roll is so high because when one person sneezes another 100 $hit themselves.
| Right before the post office, I was eating buttered toast on the way there ( it's minutes away.... don't ask. I was hungry) and I accidentally breathed in some crumbs. Was choking, but the place was closing in a few minutes. So I rush in, and am handing the guy my packages, just trying my hardest not to get into a violent coughing fit, so I can get the hell out of there ASAP |
| ebaystealth1974 | 03-15-2020 10:49 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by tinsoldier
(Post 1077352)
You've been reading too much scaremongering again, soap and water is just as effective.
Like I said above, stop allowing folk to panic you and stop stressing, it's not good for you. :rip:
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MORE effective, I'm pretty sure. They say to use hand sanitizer if you don't have access to soap. And 20 seconds of your time. |
| james13v | 03-15-2020 10:50 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by ebaystealth1974
(Post 1077400)
MORE effective, I'm pretty sure. They say to use hand sanitizer if you don't have access to soap. And 20 seconds of your time.
| Funny thing is, for hand sanitizer to be as effective, you should preferably wash your hands first lol. that stuff doesn't CLEAN your hands. It sanitizes them. So all the stuff under your nails, or under oils/dirts, will remain. |
| ebaystealth1974 | 03-15-2020 10:53 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by phaz0rz
(Post 1077355)
I'm just getting to the point where my stock levels are back to normal and business is starting to return to its usual pace.
| I'd stock up, if I were you. We know your customer base, and the last thing they'll probably touch before they die, will need your product! |
| ebaystealth1974 | 03-15-2020 10:54 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by agent006140
(Post 1077361)
it was in the news-
2 brothers in Tennesee bought 180,000 bottles by cleaning out the dollar stores,wmt,walgreen,albertson,kroger etc and list them on internet,only to be banned for price gourging,now they are sitting on huge inventory they cant sell.
| Ohhhh, you can bet your ass they'll sell every bit of that. Even if it's on the street corner. Might even get robbed for it! :lol: |
| ebaystealth1974 | 03-15-2020 11:03 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by james13v
(Post 1077371)
Unlike hurricane and the like, grocery stores are still being resupplied. So while they are going bare in the short term, they aren't going bare in the long term. Publix, for example, is even closing hours early now, just so they have enough time to do all the restocking for the next day ( while keeping things clean).
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It's very location-dependent, as well. My local Publix looks like it went out of business, it's so bare. But while at a small-town beach last week, I had never seen such full shelves.
I literally took a picture of it because it seemed "artsy" to me. Nothing to do with panic situation. lol |
| ebabe | 03-15-2020 11:04 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
depends how much they bought them for, $1.00 each on average? lets say they could sell them for $7.00 each plus shipping. $7.00 - 10% ebay fee -3% PP fee. Less the $1.00. Thats about $5.00 profit. 17,000 bottles x 5 = $85,000 ....Not bad at all. Would $7.00 be seen as a exploitation price? |
| ebaystealth1974 | 03-15-2020 11:08 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
Quote:
Originally Posted by phaz0rz
(Post 1077376)
For the life of me I can't understand people stockpiling toilet paper and baby formula.
| TP= Sheeple with mob mentality, and the fear of missing out. Combined. People are LITERALLY buying TP because other people are buying TP.
Formula... you seem to be alluding to the prepper type people, but I DO KNOW people that buy their monthly formula at once. And you can imagine how much that is. Can't speak on regular people using it though... just guessing it's for preppers... |
| ebaystealth1974 | 03-15-2020 11:12 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by agent006140
(Post 1077384)
In rural BURMA,they built their huts supported by high stilts,the toilet is a hole on the floor in the back of the hut,whatever poops dropped to the ground,they cover it with ashes and dirt ,when it gets to be too much,they just pack up and move.
| lol
Where I'm from, back in the 80s we'd go to softball fields with our parents and watch them play. The toilets were built on a small bridge over the creek and went directly into it.
To THIS DAY, that county still has sewage drains running into the creek from houses.
#hillbillylife |
| phaz0rz | 03-15-2020 11:22 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
Cheezus guys.. this is getting ridiculous. https://i.postimg.cc/fRws40x6/Untitled.png
This guy is making a killing. I bet the account will go down soon though, lol. Then we will get a chance to meet this guy here. :redface: |
| james13v | 03-15-2020 11:29 AM |
Re: Corona Virus
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Originally Posted by ebaystealth1974
(Post 1077408)
Ohhhh, you can bet your ass they'll sell every bit of that. Even if it's on the street corner. Might even get robbed for it! :lol:
| people are literally selling TP on the street corner now.... |
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