Are you done stocking up?

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I received an e-mail from River Supply. We may be facing the last of nicotine supply for a while. Get it while you can.

"Unfortunately, we are currently unable to fill orders for nicotine in sizes 1 liter and above.
We know this is frustrating. Our tobacco supply chain has temporarily shutdown as a result of the crisis facing our country and world."
Nic probably gets to the US by air freight. The cost of that is suddenly much much higher because there are no passenger flights to carry their usual share of the load. If they shipped by sea it might not arrive for months and by then may be air freight is back to normal. I believe India and china might make most of the nic. It could also be refinery workers are not coming to work or problems with ground transportation. It's also possible some of the US sellers still have working supply lines.
 

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Water is getting hard to find here, we all have horrible water so everyone buys bottled. On a panic inpulse buy I ordered a camping style bladder water filter just incase. Glad I did incase I have use tap water. I'd rather distill it, might have to look into that too.
Glad I have nic, sounds like it is getting hard to find. Hubby always laughs at my vape stash, but not so much anymore. He's in the stock mode for water & food. LOL
 
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    It’s near impossible to find TP or paper towels here. I haven’t checked on water since we don’t normally buy it. There’s a filter in the fridge dispenser and that’s good enough for me. I noticed the past few days that Walmart is starting to sell some TP online. Just thought I’d share that if anyone is struggling to find it.
     

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    It’s near impossible to find TP or paper towels here. I haven’t checked on water since we don’t normally buy it. There’s a filter in the fridge dispenser and that’s good enough for me. I noticed the past few days that Walmart is starting to sell some TP online. Just thought I’d share that if anyone is struggling to find it.

    I paid a ridiculous sum for TP from ebay about a week ago and it was supposed to be delivered 3/23 - 3/26 and it wasn't. The vendor asked me to give it another couple of days. I'll do it, of course. What else can I do? I just worry that someone in the post office figured out what is in my package and took it. Really hope my package shows up tomorrow, or the vendor will be hearing from me again!
     

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    I paid a ridiculous sum for TP from ebay about a week ago and it was supposed to be delivered 3/23 - 3/26 and it wasn't. The vendor asked me to give it another couple of days. I'll do it, of course. What else can I do? I just worry that someone in the post office figured out what is in my package and took it. Really hope my package shows up tomorrow, or the vendor will be hearing from me again!

    I almost fell for one of those eBay deals. I didn’t realize when I ordered it that it was 12 rolls. It said 12 equals 36. I saw the 36 and thought that was what I was getting. I canceled the order and ordered some from Walmart.
     

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    I almost fell for one of those eBay deals. I didn’t realize when I ordered it that it was 12 rolls. It said 12 equals 36. I saw the 36 and thought that was what I was getting. I canceled the order and ordered some from Walmart.

    I nearly fell for the same thing! I am learning all sorts of new things these days!
     

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    It’s really a bunch of crap to me how they list them. Just say how many rolls are in the pack. I’ll bet they are banking on people making the same mistake.
    Best one i seen on there was a picture of a pack,and a picture of a single roll,but when you read the description,they were selling 4 squares for $1 plus .49 cents shipping.I don't know how many people actually read the description,but they had sold over 1200 "packs of squares" in about 2 hours.I can only guess that most thought they were buying a roll.
     

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    Best one i seen on there was a picture of a pack,and a picture of a single roll,but when you read the description,they were selling 4 squares for $1 plus .49 cents shipping.I don't know how many people actually read the description,but they had sold over 1200 "packs of squares" in about 2 hours.I can only guess that most thought they were buying a roll.

    The bright side is they'll get so many chargebacks/disputes and bad feedback that they'll not see a profit from any of it. In fact, they will lose money and possibly even their ebay and paypal accounts.
     

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    Thankfully I am ok on TP but still rationing it :) I'd order online if I could find my brand, but can't find it. I got the last pack at the grocery store almost a month ago and haven't seen it since.
    We’re ok on tp for now too but I am not seeing it restocked like I thought it would. So now you have more and more trying to find it and stock it in larger amounts due to fear of it not being available. I don’t see the tp situation improving any time soon. I saw some cheap stuff in my local grocery store. The kind that will be gone in three uses. I should have bought some but I didn’t. I may regret that one day.
     

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    :offtopic: Just to get our minds off tp and virus. These are the new babies at the trio eagle nest. :wub:

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    Overall you should expect things to get restocked fairly normally in a week or two, if things go like they have here in central NY.

    Last week (15-21 Mar) was panic buying, shelves cleared. Bread, TP, meats, canned goods,... all gone from the shelves.

    This morning DW and I stopped by Aldis, everything was in stock, no problem buying things.

    I'll probably stop in at a Tops supermarket (regional grocery chain) Tuesday morning, for some items Aldis doesn't carry, but I expect it to be about the same.

    Not too crowded, people good about physical separation, perhaps 1/3 of the people had masks and/or gloves.

    Still hoping to head over to our camp today or tomorrow, get the water turned on, pull out the lawn tractor for the season.

    On the vaping front, two Vaporesso armour pro mods should be arriving Monday, and I've got initial shipping on the Hellvape Destiny.
     

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    Fell asleep last night about 9:30PM for some reason. Woke up at 3:30AM and just stayed up. Was at Walmart at 7:00AM when they opened...after seeing online that they had Angel Soft in stock. Got (2) packs of it, some other groceries, cat litter, and even scored (5) 3oz. bottles of Equate brand Hand Sanitizer with Aloe, for Mom and I and a couple neighbors. They're only the travel size, for $.97, but that size is bigger than the 2oz. other stores were selling earlier for more $. Showed 3 other people where they were, too, since I left at least a dozen or more in the bin.

    It wasn't crowded at all that early in the morning. First time I've been shopping anywhere when the sun hadn't even come up yet.

    Vaping wise - I got some flavorings from Gremberry Farms (formerly Gremlin DIY) in the mail, and ordered more from their newest Weekly Specials section. Also just got shipment notifications for my last 2 recent FT orders.
     
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    We’re ok on tp for now too but I am not seeing it restocked like I thought it would. So now you have more and more trying to find it and stock it in larger amounts due to fear of it not being available. I don’t see the tp situation improving any time soon. I saw some cheap stuff in my local grocery store. The kind that will be gone in three uses. I should have bought some but I didn’t. I may regret that one day.
    Once we moved from home quarantine to total lockdown (all non essential businesses closed), stock started to catch up. I think because stores have more control when you buy either curbside or delivery, there’s more to go around. That shut down the hoarders.
     

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    Once we moved from home quarantine to total lockdown (all non essential businesses closed), stock started to catch up. I think because stores have more control when you buy either curbside or delivery, there’s more to go around. That shut down the hoarders.
    I went a couple of days ago and the only thing lacking was paper products and bread. They had some of both, just slim pickings. Plenty of food though. We are going to Walmart tomorrow. Should be interesting.

    My son’s cell phone quit working a week ago and we found one T-Mobile store open about 20 minutes away. The only T-Mobile store open in these parts. We got lucky and were there when it opened. He’s happy now.

    To keep on topic, my bcf flavor order came in yesterday. :)
     

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