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Re:Ask HN: People are panic buying. What to do? by _bxg1 on Saturday March 14, 2020 @12:38PM (#22576569)
I don't think I'm overestimating. It's all anecdotal, but I'm hearing things from friends, seeing lots of instances on social media. The NYT just covered one of them: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/technology/coronavirus-pu...
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Re:Ask HN: People are panic buying. What to do? by true_religion on Saturday March 14, 2020 @01:00PM (#22576736)
That guy isn’t an overprepper. He tried to buy a monopoly on the product so he could price gouge.
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Re:Ask HN: People are panic buying. What to do? by _bxg1 on Saturday March 14, 2020 @02:00PM (#22577194)
The distinction isn't relevant to the discussion at hand
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Re:Ask HN: People are panic buying. What to do? by true_religion on Saturday March 14, 2020 @05:00PM (#22578648)
Well it works of is, as people like him are committing illegal acts so it’s already heavily discouraged and supplies may be seized.

Over prepping though isn’t illegal, so many more people could do it.

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