It's retailers fault for not having more in stock. It shouldn't be possible for a family to corner the market on a product by loading up the back of their f-150. He's an idiot anyway, he'll never unload those stupid things because there's a thousand different products that can be used to disinfect things.
A supplier is only going to create as much product as they predict the market will demand. These predictions are often made months in advance. It must be the case because the global supply chain that feeds a factory often take months to get all required materials to the factory.
A retailer can't just snap it's fingers and have an F-150 worth of product for each horder that comes knocking. There's a limited supply based on a projected demand. A black swan event, like Corona-chan can't be reliably predicted and if the supplier decided to go into overdrive now, the product won't reach shelves for months. The whole Corona panic will be over by then. So, if Costco does a mass purchase now, there won't be any demand for that purchase by the time they receive it.
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WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI ago
It's retailers fault for not having more in stock. It shouldn't be possible for a family to corner the market on a product by loading up the back of their f-150. He's an idiot anyway, he'll never unload those stupid things because there's a thousand different products that can be used to disinfect things.
Master_Foo ago
A supplier is only going to create as much product as they predict the market will demand. These predictions are often made months in advance. It must be the case because the global supply chain that feeds a factory often take months to get all required materials to the factory.
A retailer can't just snap it's fingers and have an F-150 worth of product for each horder that comes knocking. There's a limited supply based on a projected demand. A black swan event, like Corona-chan can't be reliably predicted and if the supplier decided to go into overdrive now, the product won't reach shelves for months. The whole Corona panic will be over by then. So, if Costco does a mass purchase now, there won't be any demand for that purchase by the time they receive it.
kestrel9 ago
Thank you Master_Foo, well said.