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Hoarders should just hold on to the toilet paper. It's not perishable, so at least they will have a stash for the next time there is a similar scare, and fewer
by kinkrtyavimoodh 7y ago
Hoarders should just hold on to the toilet paper. It's not perishable, so at least they will have a stash for the next time there is a similar scare, and fewer regular customers will be affected.
- wolco 7y agoHoarders would never return them. That goes against everything. Only failed resellers would.
- rosywoozlechan 7y agoThese panic buyers are a different kind of hoarder. These aren't hoarders buying it due to a mental illness. The people who panic bought a lot of toilet paper did so for what they thought were rational reasons: to get toilet paper before everyone else bought it all, to get toilet paper in case of long term quarantine, perhaps to resell it a higher price, or fear of long term disruption of supply lines. Once these rational reasons turn out to be incorrect they may desire to return their purchase.
- battery_cowboy 7y agoI don't know, man, I "hoarded" 2 months worth of TP: two large packs of 18 "mega-rolls". If I bought enough to fill a room, that'd be like 10 years of TP. I have 2 people in my home, if that helps. Anyone who bought more than ~2-3 large packs was hoarding for resale OR has a huge family.
- BubRoss 7y agoYou are thinking rationally. People buying years of toilet paper while they have food for the next two weeks are not thinking things through.
- catalogia 7y agoIt seems odd to me that their concern was availability of TP, which is not actually essential if times are tough. If they were buying up all the canned food, I'd understand that. But the grocery store I go to ran out of TP, not canned food.
- m463 7y agoI have to say, I can kind of imagine some logic here. "If I can't come out of my house for <n> weeks, what will I run out of?" People just don't stockpile toilet paper and paper towels and diapers because they're so amazingly bulky. Food in comparison is relatively compact.
- hnick 7y agoHoarders who lose their source of income (as many are expected to, under lockdowns) might look at a $400 pile of toilet paper and decide they want to eat this week instead.
- m463 7y agoIt's a good thing they don't have custom themed toilet paper. Imagine if there was Star Wars toilet paper (collect 'em all) Or better yet, politician toilet paper. the hoarding would be amazing.
- wolfgang42 7y agoI'm guessing there are some people who had visions of making bank on resale, but are now willing to settle for getting their spare room back sometime before the end of the decade.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoSo you're saying if I wait a month I should be able to stock up on my next year's supply of toilet paper for cheap?
- test6554 7y agoI don’t think that’s most people. If just a small percentage of people buy one extra pack just in case it disappears fast.