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coolthings123 · ‎03-18-2020

Received a message today from eBay advising me they are here to inspire me with products available for sale. First thing on the list was toilet tissue at an exorbitant price. Oh well...

katlover1952 · ‎03-18-2020

I thought they were supposed to be monitoring price gouging during this COVID 19 crisis? Think that was in a message I received earlier from them.

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎03-18-2020

@coolthings123

Most likely the papier toilette listing you saw was because of possibly clicking on a listing recently. The bots pick up on that kind stuff. Sad but true. It's eBay's idea of a Cool Thing".

-Lotz

triber · ‎03-18-2020

I wish someone could explain to me the hoarding of toilet paper. Just what are people expecting, this is not stomach 'flu. I was a nurse in England during a bad 'flu epidemic in the 60's, the last thing people needed was toilet paper.

I understand getting in canned food, frozen veg, bread to freeze etc. but going to Costco many people had carts just filled with toilet paper. Very strange!

marnotom! · ‎03-18-2020

They’re trying to stay one step ahead of those crazy toilet paper hoarders by hoarding it themselves.

It’s a vicious cycle, really 🙄

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎03-18-2020

@triber

I guess all this Covid 19 has everyone down in dumps!!! I know. Booo Hisssssss!!!! 🙂 You could say its a **bleep**py situation all the way around. People trying to get the sheets in a row. Sorry. I was on a roll!!! Sometimes, you have to fight for your right, to pottyyyyyyyy!!!

-Lotz

e*buysell · ‎03-19-2020

Because they are "full of s***".

coolthings123 · ‎03-19-2020

Just checked for the heck of it. Over 9000 listings for toilet paper. Many, many with stupid prices. I can't believe the gall of these useless maggots taking advantage of peoples fears. In days gone by this would be called "profiteering" and they would be tossed in jail for their behaviour. How times have changed. Unbelievable.

zee-chan-jpn-books · ‎03-19-2020

I really don't understand the toilet paper thing either. I happened to have bought 6 packs of toilet paper back in February (before people started hoarding) only because I was trying meet the min purchase requirement to get a bonus gift card during a store promotion. Turns out to be one of the best thing I bought lately because it's sold out everywhere now. Even gave my parents 2 packs since they ran out. I have enough left for 2-3 months so hopefully it won't be crazy then.

And really, if you do run out, just use Kleenex or jump into the shower...

retroman_studios · ‎03-19-2020

There is something about toilet paper that defines (to some) life in a first world, and that to be without it, would to be a lower class citizen perhaps?

Either that or they are unaware that toilet paper is a modern invention and that for almost 5000 years of our recorded history, mankind has used everything from sticks, rocks, weeds and plant matter etc. to help with things. I mean, if you are going to hoard toilet paper, you should hoard magazines too, don't the two go together?

Edit: For fun: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/03/18/toilet-paper-takes-center-stage-amid-coronavirus-o...

pooroldcancollector · ‎03-19-2020

Or perhaps since we were told to stock up on supplies that will last at least a month...Many families are multi-person households. We have no right to judge whether someone has bought too much toilet paper or not. With EVERYONE being told to stock up on supplies I would think there would be a shortage of something. It just happens to be toilet paper.

femmefan1946 · ‎03-20-2020

And really, if you do run out, just use Kleenex or jump into the shower...

My FaceBook friends have been touting bidets.

A friend who has no arms (thalidomide) was enthusiastic about hers, which is an addon to any toilet.
Called something like a Tushy Bidet: yep, I had the name right.

https://bidetgenius.com/pages/why-you-should-think-twice-before-buying-a-tushy-bidet

ypdc_dennis · ‎03-20-2020

@femmefan1946 wrote:
And really, if you do run out, just use Kleenex or jump into the shower...

Or check to see what quality of paper your local newspapers are printed on. Back in the day theEatons mail-order catalog was a popular item for it's back end quality. But they switched to good quality paper in the 1950s. The glossy paper no longer did the job, but it took a few years when I was a kid to get my parents to stop putting the catalog out as toilet paper for the farm outhouse. Some habits continue long after they are useful....

-..-

brettjet38 · ‎03-20-2020

"I wish someone could explain to me the hoarding of toilet paper."

Some people are just more full of it, and they know it...

My cousin in the UK just told me that they also have the "Toilet Paper Armageddon" me I purchased, dried peas, beans, chickpeas, dried skim milk, water purification tablets...

...if this really is the "End of Days" I want to be able to make some food, I can wipe my butt with a leaf or one of my old eBay invoices.

eBay are you going to help your Sellers by reducing Fees!?

e*buysell · ‎03-21-2020

We have a problem with people re-selling them with exhorbitant prices here on eBay. Obviously their motivation to buy wasn't fear, or because they were told to do so, they are just trying to take advantage of the situation.

e*buysell · ‎03-21-2020

I pitty your derriere if you use newspaper 🙂

brettjet38 · ‎03-22-2020

I was a child in 1960's England we used crispy little sheets of folded paper, the standard at the time...

...young people nowadays have no idea what it means to "Suck it Up" or "Make do and Mend" or the feeling of using fold sheets of "paper" to wipe their delicate triple cushioned cashmere ...

STAY SAFE!!