|
Post by tonka1973 on Mar 24, 2020 15:18:42 GMT -7
How's everyone's TP doing? I know people thought it was ridiculous when people were hoarding it but when is the last time anyone got some in the stores? I was watching amazon and they had their own brand come up for sale, but what it wouldn't be available until May 1st. It still sold out within 10 minutes. I was in 5 stores today and found none. Obviously anecdotal, but I don't see it getting better anytime soon. Short story long, if you find it get some.
On ebay, Charmin and cottonelle are both selling around 5-6 bucks a roll in bulk packages. It's so ridiculous, but I'm glad to say I bought a 30 pack of Charmin for 100 bucks. I hate paying it, but the last thing I need to worry about is my momma being without. I've got my fingers crossed the seller doesn't realize he under priced it.
No one's talking about the supply disruptions from China. Wuhan has been shut down for 2 months and won't be opening back up until April 8th. Shortages aren't going to end soon, or be limited to TP. The entire nation of India was locked down today. Sorry for ruining your black panther party.
|
|
|
Post by tonka1973 on Mar 24, 2020 15:20:01 GMT -7
<---- Not a shill for Big Toilet Paper.
|
|
|
Post by treetophigh on Mar 24, 2020 15:22:32 GMT -7
Pssshhhh, we've been using tissues. Showed them...
|
|
|
Post by Filo on Mar 24, 2020 15:28:04 GMT -7
Using hand, then a finger or two, and washing off with Faygo....
|
|
|
Post by Zeewada on Mar 24, 2020 15:36:28 GMT -7
I saw paper towels today for 11 bucks.
|
|
|
Post by Amster on Mar 24, 2020 15:39:10 GMT -7
Man. I bought that 4 pack the Friday before past. Now that I've been home all day everyday, I'm using way more than usual. I hadn't factored that in. I should have grabbed some before getting kicked out of work last Wednesday. I haven't been to the store since Wednesday.
HOW DO PEOPLE NOT HAVE ENOUGH?
|
|
|
Post by Amster on Mar 24, 2020 15:39:50 GMT -7
Pssshhhh, we've been using tissues. Showed them... I did get 1 box. And I have a pack of wet wipes.
|
|
|
Post by Filo on Mar 24, 2020 15:45:06 GMT -7
I went to the grocery for the first time in two weeks yesterday. It was when just TP was being bought up already by morons, but everything else was fine. Yesterday was everything I had heard about. Not one loaf of bread, no meat, frozen food aisles wiped out. TP gone. As the great Bill Hicks said,"We are a virus with shoes."
|
|
|
Post by Amster on Mar 24, 2020 15:53:56 GMT -7
TP is made in US, isn't it.
|
|
|
Post by deadphishbiscuits on Mar 24, 2020 15:56:52 GMT -7
CHINA!
|
|
|
Post by EllisD on Mar 24, 2020 15:58:00 GMT -7
Even the stores are gouging people. I was at the geocery store today, they were selling single paper towel rolls for .99 a peice.
|
|
|
Post by higs on Mar 24, 2020 16:03:20 GMT -7
Same. Was in two stores today and all the tp and almost all the other paper products were gone. Bread was less than half stocked, but better than the bare shelves I'd seen a couple times. Meat wasn't bad either. The dried beans, rice, pasta all still empty. Most of the canned veggies, soups, and other canned stuff was pretty sparse. Looked like milk and eggs were in decent shape too. I there for a little fresh produce and flour. Got a few things I wanted veggie wise, but the flour shelves were bare. I will try to get up to the Amish store and get a larger bag of flour.
|
|
|
Post by phish-bot on Mar 24, 2020 16:09:49 GMT -7
I bought two cases of tp last week, I already gave a pack to my boss and the neighbor next door. forethought not usually my thing but here we are.
|
|
|
Post by higs on Mar 24, 2020 16:18:44 GMT -7
So... The Wednesday night before the market crashed two Thursdays ago... I'm out looking for hand sanitizer for work. I keep it in the truck...
I also needed tp. Get it at the first place I went, but noticed there was already a run on it. Shelves were low... By the time I went to like 6 more places trying to find sanitizer, rubbing alcohol, aloe gel... I noticed the same trend at each place. All the tp shelves were oddly low. So, at the last place I stopped, where I did find aloe gel to make hand sanitizer, I bought another pack of tp. Seemed kind of crazy, but the next day people really started freaking out. Been that way since...
|
|
|
Post by salmon401 on Mar 24, 2020 17:19:05 GMT -7
|
|
|
Post by salmon401 on Mar 24, 2020 17:36:57 GMT -7
|
|
|
Post by SolarGarlic 🧀 on Mar 24, 2020 17:40:54 GMT -7
Sturgill show rescheduled. Was able to get a full refund from Airbnb and Southwest is giving a credit. I’ll take it.
|
|
|
Post by treetophigh on Mar 24, 2020 18:10:18 GMT -7
Sturgill show rescheduled. Was able to get a full refund from Airbnb and Southwest is giving a credit. I’ll take it. Yeah, havnt seen our fall date yet but all our air bnbs for that and other shows have given full refund. Still havnt worked through blue ox stuff. Just waiting, cant imagine they'll have it but they havnt canceled yet.
|
|
|
Post by Don Swifty on Mar 24, 2020 18:22:53 GMT -7
Damn. Things sound crazy in the markets up there. $5-6 for a roll of tp? We've got plenty in the stores. No price gouging. Just limits on tp, hand sanitizer, pasta, certain cleaning products, etc.. 3 per family per trip to the market. After the first few days of uncertainty people just started buying in normal quantities. Fingers crossed shit doesn't get $5-6 a roll crazy down here where it's currently and usually priced at around 20 cents a roll.
Then again, we're not in the middle of a trade war with China and our politicians aren't blaming China for this and they're calling this the corona virus and/or covid-19, not The Chinese Virus, Kung Flu, etc..
Some talk about extending the stay in the house order and kids maybe going back to school after Easter instead of the beginning of April, since they have off the whole week before anyway. They'll probably take a wait and see attitude.
|
|
|
Post by senatooorofspace on Mar 24, 2020 18:26:14 GMT -7
Saw some recycled TP available today, I'd wipe with paper towel before that crap.
|
|