Corona Virus

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by james13v

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]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

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]

Originally Posted by james13v

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.

[james13v]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

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.

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]

Originally Posted by tinsoldier

.....I'm turtleing as we speak, but I'll do my duty and fight it.

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]

Originally Posted by tinsoldier

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.

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]

Originally Posted by ebaystealth1974

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]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

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]

Originally Posted by agent006140

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!

[ebaystealth1974]

Originally Posted by james13v

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).

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]

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]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

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]

Originally Posted by agent006140

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]

Cheezus guys.. this is getting ridiculous.




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.

[james13v]

Originally Posted by ebaystealth1974

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!

people are literally selling TP on the street corner now....

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by agent006140

I wonder if buyer thinks they are buying multiple roll,wait till they file INAD

I was thinking the same thing. The listing description says in big bold letters "THIS LISTING IS FOR A SINGLE ROLL" but most buyers don't read descriptions and will probably assume from the price that they're getting the whole package of TP. This guy is probably going to have some highly pissed off buyers this week as they receive their boxes with a single roll of cheap toilet paper inside.

Not just $20+ per roll, but $20+ per roll of the worst kind of toilet paper on the market. I wouldn't pay 10 cents for a roll of 1-ply Scott TP.

[phaz0rz]

The UK backs away from “herd immunity” coronavirus proposal amid blowback
The UK’s chief science adviser suggested allowing the coronavirus to spread to build immunity. Government ministers said they’ll promote self-isolation instead.

Two cities, Xiaogan and Tianmen in Hubei, locked down again after opening for only one day.

[prodigyace]

If he doesn't get banned for price gouging, he most likely will get banned from all the possible returns coming his way

[rsot]

Originally Posted by prodigyace

If he doesn't get banned for price gouging, he most likely will get banned from all the possible returns coming his way

Meh buying toiler paper online is sketch anyhow

[ebaystealth1974]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

I'm coughing a bit this morning.

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

Spring has already started here and there's been pollen everywhere for 2 weeks, so I'm hoping it's just allergies messing with me. But the scary part is, I don't know.

I meant to tell you this yesterday. Take your temperature occasionally, if you have suspicions of an infection. A key indicator of infections is a fever.

[ebaystealth1974]

But like me, it's probably just this stupid pollen!

[ebaystealth1974]

Vitamins and such are what I re-stocked first.