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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  1449 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Toilet Paper Shortage

Right on all counts. That said, I drove past Butch's Guns the other day and saw a line 9 people deep waiting to get in. "What the hell do they need guns for?" I asked myself. "To defend their toilet paper, of course," I answered.

People are buying because they have no control. Therefore they are buying things that give them a sense of control. That said, there are actual logistical reasons behind certain shortages. I mean, I can look up isopropyl alcohol on my medical suppliers' pages and look up isopropyl alcohol on eBay and see an easy 1000% profit to be made. If everyone could buy from medical supply houses they'd be golden, but they can't. Most of them are saying "we won't sell this to you unless you have a pre-existing account, and if you have a pre-existing account, we'll only sell to you if you've ever bought this before."