Coronavirus and ordering from China

[MacTechVpr]

My own FT orders (placed during holiday) starting to come through. And Wotofo's back-order arrived as well, shipped FedEx as a courtesy. I don't know what normal is anymore but it would seem some will try regardless of the formidable obstacles.

Good luck.

 

[Daniel Forsyth]

My New Luna arrived today from sourcemore, 15 days after being shipped.
That's normal shipping time for sourcemore to Australia!
And I have a Blue Luna

 

[borno]

I just got a rta from FT yesterday, ordered 1,26. I rinsed it out, wicked it up and tried it. I didn't keel over yet.

 

[dreamvaper]

I didn't keel over yet

no worries, it might take up to 2 weeks to build up the visible symptoms.
(just kidding)

 

[dreamvaper]

Catos and goggos are safe for now.

 

[Vapemesilly]

I placed an order with Everzon on Feb. 19 and according to tracking, it has landed in the USA.

 

[Tibbers]

nope

 

[tA71ana]

Some people Panic Buy Toilet Paper.
I just went and Panic bought some Button Top 18650s
3000mAh 18650 Battery 20A-35A Li-ion 3.7V Button Top Rechargeable High Drain H-IMR - Orbtronic

I didn't want a repeat of what happened when AW batteries had that Flood over there in China and never went back to making Batts again.

 

[dreamvaper]

Some people Panic Buy Toilet Paper.

btw, Why?
is there something I don't know about the toilet paper? am I missing the best moments of my life?

 

[englishmick]

btw, Why?
is there something I don't know about the toilet paper? am I missing the best moments of my life?

Depends how much money you've got I guess. Mate of mine in Newcastle won the lottery, I went to visit his new house in Jesmond once. Gold everywhere. Solid gold taps, solid gold toilet seat. Even had a solid gold toilet brush. Must admit I prefer using paper myself.

Old Geordie joke.

 

[DaveP]

My two orders are caught up in the Virus scare I guess. I have the crud anyway! No fever, but body aches, headache, and general cruddy feeling. It's kind of like a light case of the flu

If my orders had arrived last week I probably would have blamed it on China contamination.

 

[Don29palms]

My two orders are caught up in the Virus scare I guess. I have the crud anyway! No fever, but body aches, headache, and general cruddy feeling. It's kind of like a light case of the flu

If my orders had arrived last week I probably would have blamed it on China contamination.

Hope you get well soon. Drink lots of fluids and take some mega doses of vitamin C. That Emergen-C stuff works great for the flu.

 

[CMD-Ky]

Hope you get well soon. Drink lots of fluids and take some mega doses of vitamin C. That Emergen-C stuff works great for the flu.

Whiskey?

 

[Don29palms]

Whiskey?

Sure. Hot totty. Whiskey, honey and lemon juice.

 

[DaveP]

Hope you get well soon. Drink lots of fluids and take some mega doses of vitamin C. That Emergen-C stuff works great for the flu.

Thanks, I have a bottle of 1000mg vitamin C tablets and I'm taking those. Took a couple this morning.

 

[tA71ana]

btw, Why?
is there something I don't know about the toilet paper? am I missing the best moments of my life?

Search me Dreamvaper, I have no clue why Folks are hoarding Toilet Paper.
Coronavirus is def not funny but all the the Panic buying/hoarding of TP (in the U.S.and elsewhere) is absolutely hilarious.
I've seen Vid after Vid of Folks not just here but Worldwide, wild - eyed, desperate and breathlessly stacking TP.
I could understand if it was someplace like Venezuela where Provisions of any kind are truly scarce but we're talking about places where there should be plenty of TP.
I've seen Vids of Folks snatching Packs of Toilet Paper out of other people's Carts when they had their back turned.
Pushing and shoving each other.
I even read about some Dude in Australia that wound up getting tased after getting into a humbug over Toilet Paper.
I mean Folks with Costco - sized Carts full to the Brim (if not overflowing) with nothing but.....Toilet Paper.
Store Shelves of the stuff absolutely cleaned out.
I don't know about the rest of the World but I do believe our TP is manufactured Domestically.
Maybe some U.S. Folks are unaware of this.
No wonder the E.T.s won't visit Humankind...we're freaking crazy.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

People hoard toilet paper in case of a situation where people are not allowed to leave their homes or it becomes too dangerous to do so. So having to go out and buy supplies may be risky. Having it stocked up is the ideal situation, if you can do it.

Some people don't like the idea of not being able to have things like that. It's considered a necessary "prepping" item just as as food and water, in probably many or most western nations.

Call it crazy, but the fact is those who are prepped are those who have the best chance at survival. Those who rely on everything being the same will likely suffer the most when things suddenly go south.

 

[tA71ana]

People hoard toilet paper in case of a situation where people are not allowed to leave their homes or it becomes too dangerous to do so. So having to go out and buy supplies may be risky. Having it stocked up is the ideal situation, if you can do it.

Some people don't like the idea of not being able to have things like that. It's considered a necessary "prepping" item just as as food and water, in probably many or most western nations.

Call it crazy, but the fact is those who are prepped are those who have the best chance at survival. Those who rely on everything being the same will likely suffer the most when things suddenly go south.

I get you on that - I'm not saying People shouldn't be prepared but the sheer amount that people are buying just doesn't seem to make any sense for what is going down right now (just my Opinion).
I'm prepared should this thing go on for longer than a couple of Months (even TP) but what looks to be years worth of TP?
What else do they expect to happen?
Wait, maybe I shouldn't have said that.....

 

[tA71ana]

Then too, there are those of us who have limited space (like me, lol) for stuff.
I live in an Apartment that isn't all that big.
I did get a lot of Food and Cat Food/Litter, Cases of Water, etc., but I gotta be careful about the Expiry Dates on things, since its just me and the Cat.
I can't store more than we can eat before it Expires, that would be a waste.
Chances are this will go on for longer than a couple Months and I will have to go out anyway to replenish but I am devising a couple Strategies so Folks will avoid me if I have to go out into the Wild to shop, lol.

 

[Koolkiz]

I think I will start wearing a mask and gloves when out in public. The gloves will freak them out.