Hear we go again- Toilet Paper shortage predicted
Mar 29, 2021 11:23:50 #
Longshadow wrote:
A store will stock maybe 20 jars, sell maybe an average of 15 in a week.
Average stock buffer, five jars.
"There's going to be a shortage..."
Five people go in and buy four.
The remaining ten people don't get any.
Some of those ten people will buy four or five next time they go in to the store because there is a "shortage".
The remaining people will have none, again.
And this is how panic buying creates shortages.
Average stock buffer, five jars.
"There's going to be a shortage..."
Five people go in and buy four.
The remaining ten people don't get any.
Some of those ten people will buy four or five next time they go in to the store because there is a "shortage".
The remaining people will have none, again.
And this is how panic buying creates shortages.
Exactly
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