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Toilet paper is normally bought in multimonth increments because it doesn't go bad and isn't that large. How often do you buy toilet paper in a year? Maybe two
by earthboundkid 6y ago
Toilet paper is normally bought in multimonth increments because it doesn't go bad and isn't that large. How often do you buy toilet paper in a year? Maybe two or three times unless you're extremely liquidity constrained or unable to transport an 8-pack. The prospect of a lockdown prompted people to buy toilet paper off cycle which disrupted the whole thing by having everyone buy toilet paper in a month, instead of 1/4 of people, and then the residential demand increased while commercial paper demand dropped. It's not as simple as blaming a media panic.
- ajsnigrutin 6y agoI buy it tw, three times a month. While i lived alone, once, maybe even less. I don't know how large an "8 pack" is, but buying 10 rolls in a package is normal here, and usually you buy one pack, together with other groceries. Media panic made people buy 5, 10 packs (full carts), because they saw americans and australians do it, and other be left without, so they hoarded the stuff.
- foopod 6y agoI don't know how big your place is, but I just don't have room in my apartment to justify keeping these kind of quantities of anything. My partner and I buy an 8 pack once or twice a month.
- earthboundkid 6y agoIf you’re two people and you go through more than eight rolls a month, you may have a stomach problem.