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I scored hand sanitizer

ninjawife — Wed, 06 May 2020 21:05:16 GMT

I was at the pharmacy getting a prescription and an employee was stocking hand sanitizer as I was looking for something in the soap aisle. She suggested I get some while I could b/c it doesn't stay long on the shelf and they never know when they are getting more. I scooped up 3 - the most you were allowed to purchase. DH was very grateful as he has been using grain alcohol in his car to disinfect his hands when he is out shopping!

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Big Joanie — Wed, 06 May 2020 21:10:32 GMT

JACK POT .....

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Moonlady — Wed, 06 May 2020 21:11:25 GMT

With a limit of 3, I can see why it wouldn't stay on the shelf.

As with many limited items, shoppers have been enlisting their "shopping buddies" to each grab the max, too. For a couple, there go six.

Stores need to consider that when setting purchase limits.

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Boomernichols — Wed, 06 May 2020 21:13:41 GMT

@ninjawife I was in my local Dollar General this morning and bought hand sanitizer in a spray can. I asked about some and was told that was all they carried currently and kept it behind the counter. I have always used the pump bottle but find it is easy to use.

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sweetee2 — Wed, 06 May 2020 21:45:59 GMT

My hands are tourup by all this hand sanitizer. SHPHQ had some hand sanitizer that was made from the same liquid the Dr.s use to washing with before surgery. It fills wonderful. No more raw hands.

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Silver Lining — Wed, 06 May 2020 21:54:25 GMT

@ninjawife wrote:
I was at the pharmacy getting a prescription and an employee was stocking hand sanitizer as I was looking for something in the soap aisle. She suggested I get some while I could b/c it doesn't stay long on the shelf and they never know when they are getting more. I scooped up 3 - the most you were allowed to purchase. DH was very grateful as he has been using grain alcohol in his car to disinfect his hands when he is out shopping!

@ninjawife, if you don't mind saying, how much for each one and how many ounces?

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noodleann — Wed, 06 May 2020 22:01:20 GMT

LOL, I was in the supermarket and there was a barrel full of hand sanitizer in the front of the store. It was full. I saw three people pass it by. I didn't see anyone stop and take one. Toilet paper is still a hot commodity, but sanitizer, no. Haven't used it once since this began. It's nasty stuff and terrible for your skin. Wash your hands.

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ninjawife — Wed, 06 May 2020 22:01:48 GMT

@Silver Lining wrote:
@ninjawife wrote:
I was at the pharmacy getting a prescription and an employee was stocking hand sanitizer as I was looking for something in the soap aisle. She suggested I get some while I could b/c it doesn't stay long on the shelf and they never know when they are getting more. I scooped up 3 - the most you were allowed to purchase. DH was very grateful as he has been using grain alcohol in his car to disinfect his hands when he is out shopping!

@ninjawife, if you don't mind saying, how much for each one and how many ounces?

4.49 for an 8 ounce bottle

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Annabellethecat66 — Wed, 06 May 2020 22:02:53 GMT

I have a friend who works at a local pharmacy.

I asked her to be on the lookout for hand sanitizer for me. She pulled some off of the shelf and saved them for me and my family (not hoarding).

I called her Thursday and she said she get deliveries in on Tuesday. I told her my daughter couldn't find any toilet paper and I've been sending her some I had.

She said she'd pull some off of the shelf for me. I got the call last night from her and she has some toilet paper for me.

I've always found if you are kind and do kind things (I'm helping pay for her to bring her mom here from another country) people do help you back when they can.

She was so excited that she had a chance to help me.

On Monday I sent my daughter 4 rolls of toilet paper, 1 magazine, 1 hand sanitizer and it cost me (are you ready....$30 and change). Yep, I have the bill right here. That's some expensive toilet paper. 7 day delivery would have been $25 something.

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ninjawife — Wed, 06 May 2020 22:07:00 GMT

@noodleann wrote:
LOL, I was in the supermarket and there was a barrel full of hand sanitizer in the front of the store. It was full. I saw three people pass it by. I didn't see anyone stop and take one. Toilet paper is still a hot commodity, but sanitizer, no. Haven't used it once since this began. It's nasty stuff and terrible for your skin. Wash your hands.

We don't use hand sanitizer often at home. DH only uses it in his car while he's out shopping and he washes his hands and puts on hand cream when he gets home. I use it more when I am at work. I work at a school for special needs preschoolers so there are always germs out and about and hand sanitizer is more readily available then leaving students to wash your hands.

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Alter Ego — Wed, 06 May 2020 22:30:31 GMT

I didn’t need any (my brother found some at Walmart for me), but I was surprised to see larger 8oz bottles of sanitizer at two stores on Monday. Walgreens has the GermX kind and the other store had a fancy brand (it’s a higher end grocery store). The grocery store had a lot - kind of wish I had picked up some, but I really don’t need it right now.

Maybe one of these days, I’ll finally see cleaning supplies like Lysol, etc. That’s the true unicorn.

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kittyloo — Wed, 06 May 2020 23:12:16 GMT

i was out and about last week, and we were in a grocery store, in one of the small towns here.

saw the display of tp (single rolls) sanitizer, and alcohol.

i went to pick one up and then saw the price. $14.99 for the 8oz. pump bottle!!

i must of raised my voice to dh ($14.99!!!!) as he gave me the eye roll.

and no, i did not purchase it. the single rolls of tp were 1.00

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Pearlee — Wed, 06 May 2020 23:13:20 GMT

@Boomernichols. If they were keeping it behind the counter, how did you know they had any? (I was at a dollar store yesterday and never thought that it might be behind the counter).

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Silver Lining — Wed, 06 May 2020 23:26:06 GMT

@ninjawife wrote:
@Silver Lining wrote:
@ninjawife wrote:
I was at the pharmacy getting a prescription and an employee was stocking hand sanitizer as I was looking for something in the soap aisle. She suggested I get some while I could b/c it doesn't stay long on the shelf and they never know when they are getting more. I scooped up 3 - the most you were allowed to purchase. DH was very grateful as he has been using grain alcohol in his car to disinfect his hands when he is out shopping!

@ninjawife, if you don't mind saying, how much for each one and how many ounces?
4.49 for an 8 ounce bottle

@ninjawife, thanks for the info. I don't need any right now but glad to know it's getting easier to find.

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Pearlee — Thu, 07 May 2020 00:33:17 GMT

@ninjawife. I scored one too today in my own home, an 8 oz Purell. Quite a while ago (long before the pandemic) I bought a new product on the market with a coupon I had for it, Purell antibacterial liquid hand soap. I didn't really need it at the time but wanted to try it with the coupon so I put it im my soap stash. So I've been looking at this Purell bottle for a while elsewhere in my house, thinking it was the Purell liquid soap (not remembering that I had put the soap a long time ago with my other soaps). I needed soap today and reached for that bottle and lo and behold it's Purell hand sanitizer. I was thrilled!

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Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 07 May 2020 04:22:23 GMT

??? If you are all washing your hands as recommended, why would you even need hand sanitizer?

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gidgetgh — Thu, 07 May 2020 09:46:40 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

??? If you are all washing your hands as recommended, why would you even need hand sanitizer?

@Tinkrbl44 - I hate using hand sanitizer, but since this all started, a keep a mini one in my car so that I can use it after running errands, and also in between each errand (though I usually only have one errand at a time right now) before I start the drive home. That's the only thing I use it for.

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ninjawife — Thu, 07 May 2020 11:07:25 GMT

@gidgetgh wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

??? If you are all washing your hands as recommended, why would you even need hand sanitizer?

@Tinkrbl44 - I hate using hand sanitizer, but since this all started, a keep a mini one in my car so that I can use it after running errands, and also in between each errand (though I usually only have one errand at a time right now) before I start the drive home. That's the only thing I use it for.

@gidgetgh if you had read my orginial post, you would see that my DH uses it in the car just like @Tinkrbl44 mentioned.

I may also need it when I go back to my job in the school district b/c you can't leave your students to go wash every time you might need to.

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Imaoldhippie — Thu, 07 May 2020 11:14:58 GMT

Wow no wonder the rest of the country does not have toilet paper or hand sanitizer, everybody is buying for everybody else and buying the largest quantity allowed. Just image how many folks are doing this and worse.

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Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 07 May 2020 19:26:16 GMT

@Imaoldhippie wrote:
Wow no wonder the rest of the country does not have toilet paper or hand sanitizer, everybody is buying for everybody else and buying the largest quantity allowed. Just image how many folks are doing this and worse.

@Imaoldhippie

"Panic buying" is nothing new .... even those unlikely to do much stocking up might see people in stores buying extra and think gee, maybe they should, too. It happens. And, let's face it, who wants to risk running out of toilet paper?