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Increasing retail prices doesn't do any good, especially normal people who need one package of TP, limiting quantities does. That's a fairer way to solve it tha

Increasing retail prices doesn't do any good, especially normal people who need one package of TP, limiting quantities does. That's a fairer way to solve it than treat TP like some damn Bitcoin.

bgorman 7y ago
As someone who isn't hoarding TP, I would much rather be able to buy one package of toilet paper for 50 dollars versus being able to buy zero for 5 dollars. If people don't have access to toilet paper they will become hysterical. Raising prices is the obvious way to fix this. Less people will be willing to buy excess tp rolls if it costs 50 dollars a roll.
- lonelappde 7y ago
  Eat less carbs, eat more fiber, don't overeat, and you'll have nicely firm occasional feces and you can rinse in the shower.
EdgarVerona 7y ago
To bgorman: (apparently I can't reply directly to you, there's some nesting limit in Hacker News [EDIT: apparently not? I see a "reply" button now where it didn't exist before? odd]) >I would much rather be able to buy one package of toilet paper for 50 dollars versus being able to buy zero for 5 dollars. Yeah, because you have 50 dollars to spend on that. What's a person supposed to do who is only barely making ends meet? Do they forsake eating so they can wipe themselves? Underpay their rent? Go into debt so they can wipe their ass? My point here is that this isn't an either/or situation. There's other alternatives, though some people won't like it. Rationing - at least by stores if not by the government - is one that we don't like these days, but that has worked for us in historical times of trouble. This law is meant to be another alternative. It's certainly not perfect - I'd have taken rationing initiated by stores over that - but it is an alternative to the "pay 50 for a roll or not have a roll at all" options.
- gruez 7y ago
  >apparently I can't reply directly to you, there's some nesting limit in Hacker News [EDIT: apparently not? I see a "reply" button now where it didn't exist before? odd]) AFAIK it's an anti-flamewar mechanism. Successively deeper comments require longer cooldowns before replies can be made.
daenz 7y ago
>Increasing retail prices doesn't do any good, especially normal people who need one package of TP So raising the price on something doesn't reduce the number of "normal people" purchasing it? Are you honestly telling me that you don't think they are fundamentally linked?

Increasing retail prices doesn't do any good, especially normal people who need one package of TP, limiting quantities does. That's a fairer way to solve it than treat TP like some damn Bitcoin.

bgorman 7y ago

As someone who isn't hoarding TP, I would much rather be able to buy one package of toilet paper for 50 dollars versus being able to buy zero for 5 dollars. If people don't have access to toilet paper they will become hysterical. Raising prices is the obvious way to fix this. Less people will be willing to buy excess tp rolls if it costs 50 dollars a roll.

lonelappde 7y ago
Eat less carbs, eat more fiber, don't overeat, and you'll have nicely firm occasional feces and you can rinse in the shower.

EdgarVerona 7y ago

To bgorman: (apparently I can't reply directly to you, there's some nesting limit in Hacker News [EDIT: apparently not? I see a "reply" button now where it didn't exist before? odd]) >I would much rather be able to buy one package of toilet paper for 50 dollars versus being able to buy zero for 5 dollars. Yeah, because you have 50 dollars to spend on that. What's a person supposed to do who is only barely making ends meet? Do they forsake eating so they can wipe themselves? Underpay their rent? Go into debt so they can wipe their ass? My point here is that this isn't an either/or situation. There's other alternatives, though some people won't like it. Rationing - at least by stores if not by the government - is one that we don't like these days, but that has worked for us in historical times of trouble. This law is meant to be another alternative. It's certainly not perfect - I'd have taken rationing initiated by stores over that - but it is an alternative to the "pay 50 for a roll or not have a roll at all" options.

gruez 7y ago
>apparently I can't reply directly to you, there's some nesting limit in Hacker News [EDIT: apparently not? I see a "reply" button now where it didn't exist before? odd]) AFAIK it's an anti-flamewar mechanism. Successively deeper comments require longer cooldowns before replies can be made.

daenz 7y ago

>Increasing retail prices doesn't do any good, especially normal people who need one package of TP So raising the price on something doesn't reduce the number of "normal people" purchasing it? Are you honestly telling me that you don't think they are fundamentally linked?