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Mar 7, 2020 - 6:15 PM
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Josh
(Member)
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For starters it seems sensible for supermarkets to restrict every customer to one of any item. Or put a sign up saying there is no shortage, no need to stockpile. Forget it, Bill. It's capitalism. Try getting those items in the socialist paradise that is Venezuela. Yep, and in case it wasn't obvious, my point was that most business owners in a capitalist economic system aren't going to make a concerted effort to discourage people from buying their products, even if (or perhaps, especially if) those purchases are unnecessary. They're trying to make as much money as possible (and that's okay!). No one is forcing people to buy these products, much less stockpile. On the other hand, when they withhold product to increase demand so they can raise prices, that's not cool.
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I got it josh, and youre right. Supermarkets want empty shelves even if theyve got pissed off customers. I thought there would be a concerted effort to stop such panic buying which create shortages, but one uk paper yesterday was even telling people to stockpile for 2 weeks in case they need to self isolate?!! Ffs. Hey lets all make this ten times worse ...
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Maybe better to just stick the newspapers IN the toilet roll section of the supermarkets and advise customers to wipe their arses with that.
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A friend of mine works in a forensic lab, and a girl he works with went home with flu like symptoms on Friday afternoon. Work rang him yesterday to say she has tested for that virus, and she has to self isolate for 2 weeks. The silly girl came home from Italy last weekend and went into work on Monday. 3 others from the group were announced last night on the news. He has to attend tomorrow and it looks like he will be tested. Of course he told me a lot of this in the pub on Friday night! How come nobody knew northern Italy would be a problem? I go there once a year and even i know from places like prato, to milan it is there textile and clothes making area, so huge chinese population and a lot of sweatshops and a lot of cheap chinese clothes and suitcase shops. They flagged up london bcoz of big chinese population so why not northern Italy? The bulk of uk cases seem to have come from kids who were sent there for holidays during half term in february and people who have been there - and are still going there -for breaks/skiing whatever. Nothing like this will ever be contained - whether its a severe flu like this or even something more serious. Far too many people travel for work and events and conferences, european football matches, immigrants go home to visit families, plenty people have winter holidays, multi-venue cruise ships, etc, ...outside of draconian barring of all movement, you will only slow it down, not stop it.
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Supermarkets want empty shelves even if theyve got pissed off customers. Absolutely not... Supermarkets love full shelves where people can buy all the stuff they want all the time. An empty shelf has next to ZERO equity value (if it's empty for too long, it'll have a negative value, costing money but not returning revenue.)
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I shouldve been more specific. Supermarkets want empty shelves - especially if they can replace them overnight, because it means theyve sold probably 50% or 60% more than they would normally do. Of course, stockpiling means one thing. Big spend this week, small spend or no spend next week.
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