[greedo]

I live in a state barely touched by COVID-19. Since Mar 15, I've never seen a roll of TP in any of the stores in town. Not Costco, Sam's Club, Target or the local grocery chain. I feel bad for people who didn't manage to stock up.

[standardUser]

You speak as if the toilet paper factories have shut down and the delivery trucks are all sitting idle. Everyone decided to rush the stores and buy up all of the toilet paper, and unsurprisingly the stores don't stock enough for every household to buy 200 rolls in the same week.

All you need to do is wait for the next delivery to show up (which it will). The problem is, people like you will continue to buy up everything as quickly as possible, so after the first couple hundred customers the shelves will be empty again. Until the next delivery. That is the problem, not supply shortages.

Don't feel bad for people who didn't horde resources at everyone else's expense. Help those people by buying what you need plus only a little extra.

[greedo]

Thanks for the ad hominem and patronizing reply. I haven't been trying to buy TP, I just noticed it was missing every time. There may be plenty of TP (and other goods) in the pipeline, but that doesn't matter to the end user. They're just SOL because there's so little slack in supply chain management anymore.

Your post was completely and factually incorrect, then you not only blame me, but blame the people trying to adjust to a supply issue. How do you determine "what you need plus only a little extra" when you can't determine when TP will be in stock? It's been weeks now, and it's perfectly rational to buy more than you need since you can't count on the supply chain.