trainmania100
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Asda and Tesco's pevensey today was a joke, all tills open and the queues went all the way into the aisles
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Coronavirus virus fears causing panic buying
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Royston Vasey
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Source needed for the listing. I would put my house on that being an Amazon Marketplace listing where sellers charge what they want. Not really Amazon. It’s like railing against eBay for the people mentioned upthread reselling hand sanitiser
Momo and diggy
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Don't think the over 70s ban will happen in the USA Donald trump was born in 1946.
“over 70’s must remain inside....or on a golf course”
Thay could well be Amazon Marketplace sellers but lots on there are doing it and Amazon are letting them do lt.
FrodshamJnct
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Judging by my local Mozzas this country runs on TP, bread, chicken and potatoes.
A Challenge
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Are they?
CTV News (British Columbia) said:
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/amazon-blocks...9-crisis-including-vancouver-couple-1.4853411
Momo and diggy
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Was in the local shop last night and they were restocking the loo rolls. 2 low life's were trying to buy them all but the shop assistant wouldn't let them.
trainophile
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All shops should be rationing things now. It's getting worse not better, some people must barely have room to move in their homes with all the stuff that will be out of date before they use it and probably eventually get chucked away.
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I fail to understand why people are allowed volumes like 2 x 24 toilet rolls. For a family of four: 24 toilet rolls, at 1 per person per week is still six weeks supply.
Also the 'reassurance' by the British Retail Consortium needs to be backed up by evidence and action. If people visit a supermarket everyday for a week, and on each occasion there are no toilet rolls, what do they expect people to do when there finally are some in stock? Oh, I'll just buy a four-pack? The lack of re-supply is now causing the crisis. Get rid of the Easter Eggs aisle and fill it with proper eggs! (and toiletries). Only by over-stocking, so that people can see that there isn't a shortage, can the excessive / panic buying be stopped.
Also the 'reassurance' by the British Retail Consortium needs to be backed up by evidence and action. If people visit a supermarket everyday for a week, and on each occasion there are no toilet rolls, what do they expect people to do when there finally are some in stock? Oh, I'll just buy a four-pack? The lack of re-supply is now causing the crisis. Get rid of the Easter Eggs aisle and fill it with proper eggs! (and toiletries). Only by over-stocking, so that people can see that there isn't a shortage, can the excessive / panic buying be stopped.
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I went Lidls first thing yesterday morning, as I normally do as its fairly quiet. However the place was rammed full at 8:30, which it never is at that time. Lots of people walking out with just kitchen roll, which makes make me think that the next crisis will be blocked toilets/sewers.
Saw a shopping trolley full of shower gell. Saw another person with 24 cans of baked beans and 6 loaves of bread. Also many people stockpiling crates of bottled still water...
I've had to be very creative with my meal planning this week as there are barely any carbs in the shop. I've found buying loads of tomatoes and making my own chopped tomatoes/sauces gets round the lack of tinned tomatoes.
Fresh fruit and veg is plentiful - none of the hoarders seem worried about scurvy etc...
Tom B
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I suppose the problem is capacity in moving the stuff - I assume that the supermarkets are desperately trying to get additional lorries etc?
I was in Wakefield Sainsburys this morning and things all seemed very relaxed.
There were some gaps in the shelves where you might expect (and some where you wouldn't) but by and large I managed to do a reasonably normal (if a little larger, in case one has to stay in) shop.
There were some gaps in the shelves where you might expect (and some where you wouldn't) but by and large I managed to do a reasonably normal (if a little larger, in case one has to stay in) shop.
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Indeed, my local Tesco was not especially busy at midday. Gaps in all the items usually mentioned - plus kitchen roll now completely wiped out. Yet I have not heard any raised voices, seen squabbles, or any kind of grabbing items out of other peoples trolleys etc.
The last big toilet roll delivery at our Waitrose was Monday evening, meaning that the shelves were full at 08:00, half full at 08:30 and all gone by 09:20. Today, most pasta and rice was gone from the shells. The Tilda microwave rice was plentiful at lunch time todayas the herd rushed for the dry rice and it all
The first paragraph is wrong: "People are stealing hand sanitiser from hospitals and GP surgeries in Britain because of the coronavirus outbreak, sparking pleas from healthcare workers to stop."
It should read: "People are stealing hand sanitiser from hospitals and GP surgeries in Britain because they are theives, sparking pleas from healthcare workers to stop."
Why explain actions such despicable acts as a result of an (infection) epidemic, not what it really is, a glut of anti-social low-life behaviour?
PG
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Local shops now out of loo roll so there you go, the panic buyers have cleaned them out...
Bletchleyite
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Amazon is neither letting nor not letting them do it. On Marketplace you list at whatever price you like.
Now you mention it, I wish I'd got kitchen roll !
trainmania100
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A Challenge
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Amazon is blocking people from attempting to profiteer from coronavirus by selling things at vastly inflated prices.
Momo and diggy
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panic over! Just been to the local shop lots of loo rolls
How do you explain £30 for a £3 thermometer then
have you reported it? clearly they are taking action but i doubt they can take instant action against loads of people, especially if they've not yet - or only just - been made aware of it.
Bletchleyite
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£30 is a not unusual price for a thermometer. Depends which type.
At Christmas time, its usual to call on the likes of Eddie Stobart to provide extra capacity.
Although that is all planned many months ahead when planning Christmas orders of stock....not a matter of days.
All the thermometers I looked at from £1.99 to £100 had at least a £20 pound mark up for quick delivery this week
R G NOW.
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Tried to order some food for me and my mother, but found Sainsburys had no delivery slots available. What are people supposed to do if your on your own like me and need a bit of a stock up. This is a disgrace
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