Costco and Coronavirus Panic-Shopping

[Miss Marty]

* Coronavirus - Safety Precaution - Returns and Refunds *

Costco has one of the most generous return policies in the retail world. You can basically return anything you've purchased at the warehouse club at any time for a full refund (except for electronics & major appliances, which have a 90-day return policy with receipt)

Costco and other retailers (for the time being) should change their
return policies temporary and eliminate their (generous) return policies
That way (panic buying) items that will be stored in homes and offices
until after the health scare (especially with people who have been sick
with the flu, or other virus) will not make it back onto store shelves.

 

[WVBaker]

FFS - I don't live my life in a state of fear. I take public transportation to work every day. By this logic, I should be staying at home in a bunker.

Sadly, the voice of reason can be inaudible to irrational people.

 

[b2bailey]

* Coronavirus - Safety Precaution - Returns and Refunds *

Costco has one of the most generous return policies in the retail world. You can basically return anything you've purchased at the warehouse club at any time for a full refund (except for electronics & major appliances, which have a 90-day return policy with receipt)

Costco and other retailers (for the time being) should change their
return policies temporary and eliminate their (generous) return policies
That way (panic buying) items that will be stored in homes and offices
until after the health scare (especially with people who have been sick
with the flu, or other virus) will not make it back onto store shelves.

Good point here -- I don't want to purchase any items that may have been in the home of someone who was ill.

 

[Icc5]

Saturday was my wife's usual day to go to Costco and timing was we needed paper towels and to. It was a mass of people buying everything up in Mountain View,California. Went back today and no problem. No crowds and stocked fully.

 

[Brett]

Toilet paper panic in Japan
https://soranews24.com/2020/03/02/p...in-midst-of-coronavirus-crisis/?ICID=ref_fark

 

[IngridN]

Just got back from Redwood City Costco. Jammed which is unusual for a Tuesday morning and no toilet paper or water to be seen. Paper towels will be gone within the hour. Every other cart had at least one. I decided to get 2 rather than 1 paper towels. Don't need 2 now, but better to have extra than not being able to get it when I need it. Can not understand the hoarding of water!!! We always cycle out a couple of cases in the garage as we live in earthquake country, but am not buying extra for the virus...our tap water is delicious!!!

Ingrid

 

[WinniWoman]

As preppers, we always shopped at least every quarter at Sams Club and spent mucho dinero stocking up
On everything. Just the way we lived. (we did not have a Costco nearby)

Here the Sams Club is 45 minutes away so we didn’t renew our membership and there is no Costco either unfortunately.
So Walmart has to do.

But funny because today I was researching toilet paper ( and paper towels and napkins) on Amazon but didn’t order yet. No matter what toilet paper is something you don't want to run out of anytime.

I need to find big jugs of water for purchase. You never know with these municipalities. They sometimes have issues with the water. I liked having a well so much better.

 

[jehb2]

Sunday was also the last day of the current coupon booklet. That day is always a little busier than other Sundays.

 

[davidvel]

Good point here -- I don't want to purchase any items that may have been in the home of someone who was ill.

You'll have to avoid shopping anywhere that has a return policy. In fact, there are ill people in every store every day. Many with the flu. They are pushing shopping carts, opening refrig. and freezer doors, "testing" produce, pushing the buttons on the card machine (and using the electronic pen), handling cash, scanning and bagging your groceries, etc. etc. Don't forget the gas pump buttons, hose nozzle, elevator buttons, tongs at the salad bar....

This is why prevention lies with washing (or sanitizing hands if can't wash) and not touching your face. This will keep you from being infected by all of those gross things most of the time.

 

[CPNY]

Just got back from Costco, I made the same purchases I normally would have as I’m out of milk and eggs. I buy cases of gallons of water normally and I was down to my last gallon today. I purchased 4 cases instead of my usual two. I also purchased a foldable titan cooler..................... to bring to the Bahamas in three weeks. It packs down so nicely lol

 

[Quilter]

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We wash our dishes with water, we clean our cars with water, and we clean our body with water. Water cleans better than dry paper, so why is it that after we poop, the first thing we reach for is dry, harsh toilet paper? In most countries around the world, bidets are a staple in households and...

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[Passepartout]

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That's FUNNY! --Or great marketing!

 

[Rolltydr]

That's FUNNY! --Or great marketing!

They’re actually great products. We have 3 toilets in our home and have bidet attachments on 2 of them. They’re great!


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[WinniWoman]

We were already ready but did top off on some items that have to do with preventing colds. Multi-vitamin, elderberry extract powder, echinacea, and a couple cans of Lysol are what we bought. We did get some brazil nuts. This thread has me wondering if toilet paper and other things will be available in the near term. Always took it for granted that there would be tp.

Funny thing is in 9 months or so there will be plenty of canned goods donated to homeless shelters.

Bill

Whether you like canned goods or not they are a great staple for food storage for purpose of emergencies and they have a very long shelf life even past their expiration date. If it gets to the point you need to use them and you hate canned veggies you can put them in soups and stews and so forth with no issues in regard to taste. Just have to get creative.

Plus, if it comes down to starving or eating canned veggies you will be happy to have them on hand.

 

[easyrider]

Whether you like canned goods or not they are a great staple for food storage for purpose of emergencies and they have a very long shelf life even past their expiration date. If it gets to the point you need to use them and you hate canned veggies you can put them in soups and stews and so forth with no issues in regard to taste. Just have to get creative.

Plus, if it comes down to starving or eating canned veggies you will be happy to have them on hand.

We are prepers that can food. We have quarts of chicken breast, salmon, beans, salsa and things I forget. We also have cases of store bought canned food. Vacuum sealed bags of salt, sugar, rice , beans, oats, flour and things I forget. Rex gets the chicken breast we don't use. I'm about out of canned salmon. I am out of pickled asparagus but the season starts soon.

Bill

 

[WinniWoman]

Solving the toilet paper problem

The Hygiene Product I Recommend

We wash our dishes with water, we clean our cars with water, and we clean our body with water. Water cleans better than dry paper, so why is it that after we poop, the first thing we reach for is dry, harsh toilet paper? In most countries around the world, bidets are a staple in households and...

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TUSHY - The Modern & Sustainable Bidet Company

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Ok. I am liking this thing! Have to check into it more but I always wanted a bidet and this would be perfect for our small bathrooms.

 

[geoand]

Vacationing here in Palm Spring area. As of Sunday night no purell available in 3 super markets, Walmart and 4 pharmacies. All I wanted was to buy small bottle for in the car

 

[slip]

Ok. I am liking this thing! Have to check into it more but I always wanted a bidet and this would be perfect for our small bathrooms.

We had one In Our house in Wisconsin and loved it. You miss it when you don’t have it and you never feel as clean too. We don’t have one here or our Molokai condo but we will get one for our condo when we retire and we are there full time. It would be too confusing for renters and it could be another issue with water when we are not there.

It’s amazing how much less toilet paper you use when you have one too.

 

[Rolltydr]

Ok. I am liking this thing! Have to check into it more but I always wanted a bidet and this would be perfect for our small bathrooms.

They’re very inexpensive for a basic model and easy to install. We’ve had ours about a year and half with no problems.


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[CPNY]

The entire family having "the runs" for the 2 weeks while under quarantine?

GI side effects are one of the most overlooked aspects of this virus.

 

[Quilter]

i have a couple fun cookbooks that will be helpful in a famine.

Found this one at Palmetto Bluff SC: https://www.amazon.com/Gullah-Home-...ocphy=9010004&hvtargid=pla-568831654779&psc=1

There’s a recipe for a pot of coon.

This one has recipe for mourning doves: https://www.etsy.com/listing/767544...MI1tH94On_5wIVgZyzCh13_gXgEAQYBSABEgJ57PD_BwE

 

[Jan M.]

We are currently staying at Disney World's Animal Kingdom Lodge in a savanna view unit with our 3 year old granddaughter. Our son decided to use two vacation days and let his older daughter miss two days of school to bring his younger daughter down instead of me going to get her. That way the two of them could have a long weekend here in Florida and he gets to stay at the resort too. His older daughter has stayed here with us before and his wife stayed here with her family when she is in high school so he wanted to experience it too. As is typical for him and his older daughter at this time of year due to allergies and sinus they are congested and sometimes coughing from the congestion. Anyhow at the airport on their way here they were waiting in line at the Chick-Fil-A in their concourse to get some dinner. I got a text from him that the guy in line behind them who is on the same flight is freaking out. I texted him back thinking the guy was worried they might have the coronavirus because they coughed. Our son texted back: What!! No!! He's freaking out because he thinks he's going to miss the flight and we are already through security and we have an hour until they close the plane doors!

We were telling someone else the story and laughing about his What!! No!! reply to me. Translated that meant Mom, what is wrong with you, are you crazy? Also laughing about the guy either being a bit of an idiot or a really nervous flyer because our son and the girls had time to eat their food, use the restroom and still sat for a few minutes in the gate area waiting to board. His 8 year old heard us talking, got a very concerned look on her face and asked me if she was sick with the virus. We assured her she wasn't. I was surprised that she knew about the virus. At her school they've been reminding the kids to wash their hands and cover their mouths when they cough. That led my husband, our son and I to do some more reading about the virus and we had some interesting discussions.

Tomorrow or Thursday we will be going to Costco to buy food as we will be staying at Saratoga Springs next week. When we're at Costco I'm so going to enjoy telling my husband we should buy toilet paper, several cases of water and probably paper towels too just to hear him flip out. He's just so easy and fishes in every single time. He'll eventually get around to asking why in the world I think we need these things since we're staying at the resorts. However first he's going to carry on about how I could possibly think there is any room in the car to get this stuff back home with us because we bring way too much stuff. and the car was fully loaded for the drive here. He always claims there isn't even a square inch of space available in the car when I even look in the general direction of a thrift store when we are staying at a resort. Yet when we find stuff for the granddaughters he's the first one to say we should buy it and everything always fits in the car. This time we really do have a lot of stuff as we have the car seat for the 3 year old, toys and pool stuff for her. When he's done having his moment I'll tell him about this thread. He's learned that when I say TUG and Costco in the same sentence either a laugh is coming or we're learning something we didn't know and sometimes both.

 

[clifffaith]

Ok. I am liking this thing! Have to check into it more but I always wanted a bidet and this would be perfect for our small bathrooms.

Cliff always wanted a bidet too, but when we remodeled before moving in here I was able to switch him over to the Toto Washlet. Much more attractive than having a separate bidet IMHO, and takes less room. It will however ruin you for regular potties, which now seem so uncivilized!

 

[b2bailey]

They’re actually great products. We have 3 toilets in our home and have bidet attachments on 2 of them. They’re great!


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Recently on vacation at Kauai Hyatt, my 9 year old grandson experienced a bidet equipped toilet and expressed he would like one at home.

 

[dsmrp]

Here's my TP story:

When I was a teenager in Hawaii in the early 70's, there was a prolonged (3-4 week?) longshoreman/stevedore union strike. The majority of goods in Hawaii comes in thru those container ships, then and now. No Costco or large warehouse stores then, everybody got their groceries and supplies from regular grocery and variety stores. There was a run on TP, and the stores early on put a ration on how much TP each family could buy. Some things came in thru air freight which increased the prices.

That was nothing tho' compared to the oil embargo. Oh that was bad, gas stations would get a delivery and sell out in a couple of hours, with rationing too.

So for those who live on islands without bridges, it's quite a different situation when it comes to real or perceived shortages. This is probably why my mom always overbought