A name for the buying sprees induced by fears of ban?
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"Prohibition Stockpiling"
An obvious and intentional callback to one of the biggest miscarriages of justice and personal liberty in the US, alcohol prohibition.
An obvious and intentional callback to one of the biggest miscarriages of justice and personal liberty in the US, alcohol prohibition.
(Currently) Unaffected Supply and Demand.
Limited (or at least a danger of a limited) supply leads to increased demand; look at the Nintendo Wii.
Tough to call it a phobia these days, this fear is very well founded.
Awesome ideas.... Acatmophobia sounds like it should be in the DSM-V (the upcoming 2013 psychiatric diagnostic manual, where they're putting criteria for 'internet addiction' and 'bitterness'...acatmophobia sounds vaguely more legitimate, actually).
And I would totally pay movie-theater price to see The Vapriot.
Within my means I've been hoarding higher-mg unflavored nicotine juice and atomizers...but "within my means" at this point means a fairly puny stock. Being a student again is limiting me.
The interesting thing is that, of course, when there's a free market (as currently in the United States...in this limited way....for now...) in a non-finite-resource good, supply grows in response to demand, because there's profit opportunity. Therefore we've seen e-cig equipment become more available and suppliers compete on price. Price only goes up when demand grows and supply does not.
Which means, I suppose, if all our fears are right, then now is the time to stock up. ...
And I would totally pay movie-theater price to see The Vapriot.
Within my means I've been hoarding higher-mg unflavored nicotine juice and atomizers...but "within my means" at this point means a fairly puny stock. Being a student again is limiting me.
Supply and demand is a phenomenon of economics, not of capitalism. Non-capitalist economies or "regulated" zones of capitalism ignore it at their peril (viz. shortages, lines, rationing, distorted pricing, black markets, overproduction).
The interesting thing is that, of course, when there's a free market (as currently in the United States...in this limited way....for now...) in a non-finite-resource good, supply grows in response to demand, because there's profit opportunity. Therefore we've seen e-cig equipment become more available and suppliers compete on price. Price only goes up when demand grows and supply does not.
Which means, I suppose, if all our fears are right, then now is the time to stock up. ...
Between this and your Atlas Shrugged avatar, Kent, I think we share some views in common.
I like OCV (Obsessive-Compulsive Vaping) Disorder...
Back in the day, they just called it being a packrat... just don't end up like them poor people on that Hoarders show... I can see it now... stacks of carts, atts and batts on top of dead cats and stuff...
Back in the day, they just called it being a packrat... just don't end up like them poor people on that Hoarders show... I can see it now... stacks of carts, atts and batts on top of dead cats and stuff...
Let's see....
3ml x 365 = 1,095ml or about 37 30ml bottles of juice per year.
Atty: Roughly guess 26 - 52 per year.
That's a lot to horde. About a $1,300 investment for only one year. If you like the premixed juice. Maybe less for bulk.
3ml x 365 = 1,095ml or about 37 30ml bottles of juice per year.
Atty: Roughly guess 26 - 52 per year.
That's a lot to horde. About a $1,300 investment for only one year. If you like the premixed juice. Maybe less for bulk.
After following some of your posts, I'm certain we do ;-)
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