Topic: Toilet paper hoarding (Read 1532 times)

The biggest hoarder of TP is the sanitation district.     

Signs warning of one package of toilet paper per customer during the coronavirus pandemic are not an indication of supply chain figure. It is more a mark of an event that no one could have predicted.

Toilet paper is a product that is in the "Just-in-time" supply chain. Responsive and integrated, just-in-time supply networks ensure items arrive when they are needed to keep shelves stocked.

This is important not just for perishables, which might first come to mind when we think of timely delivery.
Packages of toilet paper are big and bulky. No one wants to pay to stockpile warehouse supplies just in case of an event like a global pandemic-not manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers or consumers, to whom the cost would be passed onto.

But when world of COVID-19 spread, consumers became willing to stockpile this item in their homes, both disrupting the supply chain system and creating living spaces crammed with paper products.

Just in time supply chains are what helps to keep costs low through the system. But that means these networks are more easily distracted than "just in case" supply chains.

Some traditional manufacturers use just-in-case production and distribution, keeping raw materials and stock on hand in the event of emergencies or disasters. These networks are more costly but also better prepared to respond to surging demand, as we have seen recently.

I had a cheap infrared one from Harbor Freight that I used to measure furnace exhaust temperature and stuff like that around the house... turned out to be surprisingly accurate for body temperature. Unsurprisingly sold out too LOL. I hope people aren't using it on their kids, it's got a laser pointer.

I think it is just a supply side problem. Since the items are not consumable, not many were probably manufactured. also, I can see where some people may not have a working thermometer at home since they have been healthy and have no children. I already have a digital thermometer, but it is over a decade old and I wanted to update to one that you can put in your ear and get a reading a few seconds rather than a few minutes. I'll just wait. It is not urgent for me.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the thermometer shortage - did people not have thermometers at all before this? Or is there some reason to hoard them? It's not like these things are consumable or break easily.

You might be able to find some on Amazon that are... marketed somewhat specifically but still work well for general purposes:

https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Basal-Body-Thermometer-Temperature/dp/B07ZRL44D1

Well, I went out to the grocery store today. It appears that toilet paper is now actually available, although the selection was only one brand. Unfortunately, the only ramen that was available was a box of 10 chicken ramen's. I personally hate chicken flavor. Still can't find hand sanitizer or thermometers.

There was another Run On Toilet Paper in 1973 similar to that of today.

It's hard to imagine such an even without internet.

https://priceonomics.com/the-great-toilet-paper-scare-of-1973/

 Costco is refusing to accept returns on items that were most likely to be hoarded.


 I would like to point out that friends, relatives and even neighbours offered to pick up grocery items for us when we were in a 14 day mandatory self-isolation.  Several of my parents neighbours have offered to pick up grocery items for them as well.  There is good in the world and not everyone with multiple items is necessarily a hoarder.

I have a feeling a lot of people will be moving to smaller towns after this is all over.

It was greedy, and selfish.  In a few weeks there will be a surplus of everything and he won't have used half of what he bought.  But he did deny protection of this New York virus to everyone else.

I'm glad I'm leaving Edmonton.  It's been my home for 40 years but it's too big now. 

I saw a picture on facebook and man it was just as you have said. Some guy had his crate stacked up with tissues and all other things related to it. The people at the supermarket were really staring at them. I know that some people will think of it as being selfish but he is just looking out for his family, In cities, it i severyone for htemselves. I have lived in an apartment and people barely knew each other. If a crisis like this struck I would definetly buy as many things as possible. You also get what you need and store it in plenty, it is time to think about yourself, grt as many as you can and quarantine yourself when you are ready.

You are right, it does not require a bottle. We can use it as such and there is no need to stock up beforehand. There are many of them. We'll find it everywhere, no problem. It is used for almost every purpose and is available everywhere.

same here buddy! just need a pitcher to be honest instead of a pile of toilet paper!

And only Yobit decided to use this Toilet Paper Token [TPT] to earn real bitcoins. They have listed this token on their exchange today: https://yobit.net/en/trade/TPT/BTC  And TPT has already made 2X today. I think that Yobit will leave this pair of TPT/BTC on the exchange until the end of the quarantine.

Lol, I saw it on Meta a while ago and it was a good joke to be honest . I like how CMC pull off this year's April Fool's day (the first time?), it is catchy and relevant to the current events thus I'm not shock that most of us buy it. What really makes it special for me is the butt-shaped graph hahaha.

Haha.. Trust Wallet has supported Toilet Paper Token and launched a generous airplop for its users.  Guys, do not miss the opportunity to take part.

All details in official Trust Wallet's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrustWalletApp/status/1245353766141833217.

For a short period of time, after Bitcoin goes to $200,000, most of the world will still be hooked on cash. After a while, neither Bitcoin or fiat will be worth anything. So get some fiat in the window, and buy fertile land that has its own good supply of water. Get the deeds all signed, etc., so that you have a place of your own where you can grow your own groceries.

In addition to this, there are other important things that you will be able to buy for a short time, before the bottom drops out from under everything.

One Bitcoin exchange won't be enough. It will run out of cash.

That's a good one. I forgot that it's April somewhere already.

They also have a Wipe Paper: https://blog.coinmarketcap.com/2020/04/01/toilet-paper-token-wipe-paper/

Sell for what?  I certainly don't want to be sitting on any country's fiat with trillions being printed out of thin air.

A shit-bag person might do well to buy during the engineered deflation and end up with may more land than they know what to do with.  Of course private ownership of land (by goyim) is probably not in the cards under the upcoming 'new world order' so it would likely be taken away anyway.