kay1 Â Â 13 #13 Posted March 16, 2020 29 minutes ago, lindylou53 said: Bet it wasn't like this in the good old days of community spirit when rationing was going on... It wasn't I lived through the war years and rationing, and friends and neighbours shared and swopped and helped one another Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   302 #14 Posted March 16, 2020 59 minutes ago, lindylou53 said: Bet it wasn't like this in the good old days of community spirit when rationing was going on... Wasn't there a fairly active black market in operation though? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
willman   10 #15 Posted March 16, 2020 well if everybdy else has stocked up on sanitiser, i don't need to bother 'cos either they've killed their own germs off so i can't catch anything or they'll kill anything i have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
iansheff   84 #16 Posted March 16, 2020 Two brothers who stocked up on 17,700 bottles of hand sanitiser at vastly inflated prices have been forced to donate them for free. Matt and Noah Colvin paid less than $1 a bottle, they had hoped to flog the bottles online for up to $70 (£56) each after snapping them up for a fraction of the price. Good to see they got what they deserved, nothing.  https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/brothers-donate-17700-hand-sanitiser-21701316 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kay1 Â Â 13 #17 Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, geared said: Wasn't there a fairly active black market in operation though? I believe so, but only for people who had money to buy it, bit like the people who are trying to sell hand gel at stupid prices which you dont need if you just wash your hands with soap and water Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jaffa1   10 #18 Posted March 16, 2020 Where do they store all this stuff? The shop keepers and multi stores may be rubbing their hands with glee at the moment but when all this blows over the shops will be empty because most people will have enough anyway.😃 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
taxman   12 #19 Posted March 16, 2020 By telling people they may have to self isolate for 12 weeks from this weekend the governement has just encouraged a panic buying free for all this weekend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Brooker11   10 #20 Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, taxman said: By telling people they may have to self isolate for 12 weeks from this weekend the governement has just encouraged a panic buying free for all this weekend. I think it’s started this evening. People obviously can’t conduct themselves so measures should be put in place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lazarus   68 #21 Posted March 16, 2020 Went into the Body Care shop on the moor today, two Asian women had a basket each full of toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouth wash, deodorants, bottles of shampoo, body lotion etc, at the tills one of them had six packs of toothbrushes each with three brushes in them, ten tubes of toothpaste, had to go so didn’t catch what else they had. Incredulous to say the least. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pintor   32 #22 Posted March 16, 2020 If stores start to restrict what you can buy, what will happen when you go shopping to get things for yourself and say an elderly relative,friend etc who is isolated at home?, if you can't shop for them is it look after yourself Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longcol   594 #23 Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, lazarus said: Went into the Body Care shop on the moor today, two Asian women had a basket each full of toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouth wash, deodorants, bottles of shampoo, body lotion etc, at the tills one of them had six packs of toothbrushes each with three brushes in them, ten tubes of toothpaste, had to go so didn’t catch what else they had. Incredulous to say the least. Somewhat more rational thab Americans who are panic buying guns............................  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/us-sales-guns-ammunition-soar-amid-coronavirus-panic-buying Edited March 16, 2020 by Longcol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Padders   2,842 #24 Posted March 16, 2020 Panic buying is a phrase made up by the media, sells newspapers etc.. It's actually sensible people stocking up on essential items in anticipation of a worst case scenario . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...