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Calif. Governor Newsom balks at $400 price tag on 24-pack of pocket-size sanitizer
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Posted on 03/04/2020 2:11:36 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: Boogieman

“Just don’t be like Kramer and start trying to multitask and do the dishes why you are in the tub.”

Jeez! Next you’ll be spouting some crazy talk that people shouldn’t make salads in the shower!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15puo-dSEIY


21 posted on 03/04/2020 3:24:16 PM PST by LouieFisk
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To: Boogieman

When I worked at Taco Bell while in college, I had two white shirts for work. Came home after work, and took a shower wearing the work shirt, got it and me clean, hung it up and it was dry and ready for work after the second day.


22 posted on 03/04/2020 3:54:41 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: nickcarraway

1. Supply-and-demand. Prices rise to ensure supply for those willing to pay a high-friction price for it.

2. Amazon-listed sellers may use dynamic pricing, where computers determine the “fair price” (sometimes with funny results). See #1.

3. Before anyone says “price gouging”, see prices & availability of N95 masks hoarded by idiots who don’t actually need/use them, then see #1.


23 posted on 03/04/2020 3:57:34 PM PST by ctdonath2 (* - Interesting how those so interested in workERS are so disinterested in workING.)
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To: nickcarraway

Surely pocket sized bottles of hand sanitizer are a fundamental human right, just like smartphones and tampons. The California state government should start doling them out, and make the taxpayers pony up for it later.


24 posted on 03/04/2020 4:00:03 PM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: nickcarraway
If you wish to absolutely ensure supply shortages — institute price controls.
25 posted on 03/04/2020 4:43:34 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: nickcarraway

Go to the liquor store and buy a bottle of 100 proof Vodka. It will work!


26 posted on 03/04/2020 5:44:46 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: lee martell

Absolutely correct. No need to go hog wild for hand sanitizer. Liquid dish soap works just fine. If you feel you need more cleaning, add a little bleach to it.


27 posted on 03/04/2020 5:46:44 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Boogieman

Just don’t be like Kramer and start trying to multitask and do the dishes why you are in the tub.

POSH! Anyone knows it works better in the shower!


28 posted on 03/04/2020 5:47:49 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

If only “the market” were allowed to work the way it is supposed to work...

Let the producers ramp up production to meet the $500/unit demand. Fools and their money... With the taxes generated, everybody else could pay regular prices. Extra time off for production employees. Win-win, all the way around.


29 posted on 03/05/2020 4:34:06 AM PST by Nabron
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We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock.

30 posted on 03/05/2020 11:55:09 AM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: nickcarraway

The guy that taxes everything that moves is worried about high costs - F him.


31 posted on 03/05/2020 11:58:12 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: lee martell

You can make your own hand sanitizer too. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/coronavirus-prevention-how-to-make-hand-sanitizer-at-home.html


32 posted on 03/05/2020 3:21:05 PM PST by SaraJohnson ( Whites must sue for racism. It's pay day.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
"Go to the liquor store and buy a bottle of 100 proof Vodka. It will work!"

Yup. Look at the active ingredient in Purell or generic had sanitizers. It is isopropanyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) which is not to be taken internally. However, high proof ethanol alcohol (in booze) is just as effective.

Easier, buy some quarts of rubbing alcohol and mix with aloe vera or other hand lotion since the alcohol will dry out your hands if used alone.

We do the above not because of Covid-19, but to avoid cold and flu season. MOST IMPORTANTLY: Before you touch the first doorknob when entering the house, thoroughly wet down your hands and saturate the knob before your choice of product drys. AS IMPORTANTLY: Never touch your face when out and about until you can clean you hands with any alcohol. If you have an itch, use the back of your hand.

33 posted on 03/06/2020 7:18:36 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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