Restrictions on buying hand wash and other hygiene products

gerrykiddy

The main supermarkets have introduced quotas for certain products. Is it just panic buying or is the usual culprits buying for a quick profit. Looking through Adverts and Ebay the answer is obvious. The best and the worst in people.

Shefwedfan

gerrykiddy wrote: »

The main supermarkets have introduced quotas for certain products. Is it just panic buying or is the usual culprits buying for a quick profit. Looking through Adverts and Ebay the answer is obvious. The best and the worst in people.

Welcome to Ireland 2020.....not really a bargain alert to be honest


It happens everywhere, like the Australia couple who just happened to order 40 boxes full of toilet roll when their is a shortage and have decided to set up a website to sell it and fund sending a child to college or something like that.....

gerrykiddy

gerrykiddy wrote: »

The main supermarkets have introduced quotas for certain products. Is it just panic buying or is the usual culprits buying for a quick profit. Looking through Adverts and Ebay the answer is obvious. The best and the worst in people.

No they haven't, at least not in Ireland. What you have seen on Adverts and Ebay has nothing to do with the quotas that have been introduced in the UK. Don't scaremonger.

gerrykiddy

[Deleted User] wrote: »

No they haven't, at least not in Ireland. What you have seen on Adverts and Ebay has nothing to do with the quotas that have been introduced in the UK. Don't scaremonger.

You didn't read my post. There was no shortage in Tesco last evening. They are
still selling handwash at half price. There is no need to buy at the prices on adverts and eBay and the sellers are just chancers. Got it.

gerrykiddy

gerrykiddy wrote: »

You didn't read my post. There was no shortage in Tesco last evening. They are
still selling handwash at half price. There is no need to buy at the prices on adverts and eBay and the sellers are just chancers. Got it.

I did read your post. You stated this

The main supermarkets have introduced quotas for certain products.

which is incorrect.

morritty

Dammit OP. I was going to buy 20, but that's clearly not happening here.

GBX

Still not seeing what exactly the bargain is in this post?

GBX

GBX wrote: »

Still not seeing what exactly the bargain is in this post?

If you try to catch the coronavirus now rather than when we all have it later, then there'll be a shorter waiting time for an isolation room.

BARGAIN!

Antares35

Deleted User wrote: »

If you try to catch the coronavirus now rather than when we all have it later, then there'll be a shorter waiting time for an isolation room.

BARGAIN!

Except that apparently it is possible to catch it twice

Antares35

Antares35 wrote: »

Except that apparently it is possible to catch it twice

It's believed that's actually more likely to be incorrect.

Antares35

Deleted User wrote: »

It's believed that's actually more likely to be incorrect.

Hopefully!

Marhay70

gerrykiddy wrote: »

You didn't read my post. There was no shortage in Tesco last evening. They are
still selling handwash at half price. There is no need to buy at the prices on adverts and eBay and the sellers are just chancers. Got it.

Any handwash I've seen in Tesco has been anti bacterial, not much use against a virus.

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Marhay70 wrote: »

Any handwash I've seen in Tesco has been anti bacterial, not much use against a virus.

Virus needs a host...a bit like a goa'uld

Space Dog

Marhay70 wrote: »

Any handwash I've seen in Tesco has been anti bacterial, not much use against a virus.

Yes, but washing your hands (properly) with soap and water will remove the virus from your hands.

odyssey06

Marhay70 wrote: »

Any handwash I've seen in Tesco has been anti bacterial, not much use against a virus.

If it's antibacterial soap, the soap will still work on viruses.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/deadly-viruses-are-no-match-for-plain-old-soap-heres-the-science-behind-it-2020-03-08

Marhay70

i know soap of any form is probably the best protection, that's not the point I was making. People usually use handwashes as a substitute for soap.

Ben D Bus

Soap is best.

However as a result of all the handwashing I've been doing I may end up panic buying litres of moisturiser!

Space Dog

Marhay70 wrote: »

i know soap of any form is probably the best protection, that's not the point I was making. People usually use handwashes as a substitute for soap.

Handwash is liquid soap, no?

Marhay70

Space Dog wrote: »

Handwash is liquid soap, no?

Hand sanitising gel is probably a better description.

Antares35

Marhay70 wrote: »

i know soap of any form is probably the best protection, that's not the point I was making. People usually use handwashes as a substitute for soap.

I understand how people need to do this when out and about (and I have done so myself long before any mention of Corona virus) but I think it is really telling that hand gels are in demand but normal soap is not. Are there people who just use hand gel but don't wash their hands when there are washing facilities available?

Overall I think it is worrying that grown adults need to be reminded to wash hands, cough and sneeze into tissues etc. These are basic hygiene standards that anyone over the age of 5 should be practising!

KaneToad

I was in Tesco today (again). No shortage of any products - except hand sanitizer. No quotas on purchases either.

Antares35

Ben D Bus wrote: »

Soap is best.

However as a result of all the handwashing I've been doing I may end up panic buying litres of moisturiser!

Same! driven slightly mad at the moment. I normally am an obsessive hand washer and user of sanitising gel anyway. Now obviously more so. I use hand cream afterwards to try to prevent dryness but being 7 months pregnant, there are lots of bathroom visits and then the ensuing hand washing which takes off the moisturiser :P

killbillvol2

Antares35 wrote: »

Except that apparently it is possible to catch it twice

Two for one. There's the bargain!

odyssey06

Antares35 wrote: »

I understand how people need to do this when out and about (and I have done so myself long before any mention of Corona virus) but I think it is really telling that hand gels are in demand but normal soap is not. Are there people who just use hand gel but don't wash their hands when there are washing facilities available?
Overall I think it is worrying that grown adults need to be reminded to wash hands, cough and sneeze into tissues etc. These are basic hygiene standards that anyone over the age of 5 should be practising!

I assumed it was people who wanted to wash their hands after getting off a bus, when finished shopping, when on the move etc where hard to wash hands.

Antares35

odyssey06 wrote: »

I assumed it was people who wanted to wash their hands after getting off a bus, when finished shopping, when on the move etc where hard to wash hands.

I'm sure these form a large part of the people buying the sanitisers, I just have my suspicions that there is still a large cohort who do not wash their hands. Have seen it myself in the workplace, public bathrooms etc.

lertsnim

Good old soap is all anyone needs.

vintagecosmos

Cheers OP bought 27!

Muahahaha

Thanks for the heads up OP, I cleared all the shelves of the local supermarkets out of it and this time next week I'll be a millionaire.

September1

A new manufacturer is apparently starting to make hand sanitizer today https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/irish-company-expects-to-make-3m-hand-sanitisers-over-next-10-weeks-as-coronavirus-continues-to-spread-986751.html

GBX

September1 wrote: »

A new manufacturer is apparently starting to make hand sanitizer today https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/irish-company-expects-to-make-3m-hand-sanitisers-over-next-10-weeks-as-coronavirus-continues-to-spread-986751.html

Good to hear. Hopefully when they are manufactured, we can get the bargain this thread had promised.