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I have about 400 rolls of Quilted Northern, 100 large canisters of Clorox wipes, 75 Lysol sprays, 40 gallons of bleach, gallons of rubbing alcohol, purell and wet wipes, soap, hand sanitizer, 400 N95 masks, 100s of disposable masks etc, etc. What are you doing with your excess? FYI, I am not a hoarder, and have been giving out supplies but now that it is readily available I am overstocked.

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Sounds like you might be one of the reasons I could not buy toilet paper for 2 months. Why I could not buy sanitizing wipes of any brand and all the rest of the supplies that you say you have not horded. I don't have excess.
All the items you mention could be donated to an animal shelter (ok maybe not the TP) a local private or church run Daycare Center, a nearby NON PROFIT nursing home, Hospice.
These items will last so you can keep them and use them as you normally would but please each time you change a roll of TP or reach for a wipe remember the people that could not get those items when they needed them
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Isthisrealyreal Oct 2020
I don't think that she was getting them when nobody could find toilet paper.

I have stocked up to ensure that I don't have to try and buy any if there is another run on it. Meaning that someone in need won't be competing with me or Stacy for tp.

It is the wise thing to do with all the talk of another surge. Everyone should get stocked up.
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Dental Offices are doing without N95 masks, nurses elsewhere were begging for them. Maybe in your neighborhood online, someone could help you donate to the right people. I can imagine that would be a huge project. A small amount at a time?

Note: Even the bleach and the masks have an expiration date.

Best advice I heard was, during the pandemic, do not let people know what you have stockpiled....for your own safety.

The Pandemic is real.
The Pandemic is not over.
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Isthisrealyreal Oct 2020
If that is a danger why would you ask her where she is? Gosh, it seems like that information would increase her risk of being robbed as you said before you edited.
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When I think of the number of hospital nurses who have to reuse the same N95 masks over and over and over again - honestly, this post turns my stomach.

Giving it away, huh? Try a little harder.
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pamzimmrrt Nov 2020
Sorry Rainmom, but that is how it is! I have currently a 4 mask stockpile of N95s that I know are not fitted for me,, but at least I can actually speak to my Pts without my mouth popping out the bottom! And yep,, the one I am currently using is about a month old, and pretty nasty.. but hey,, its better than nothing!
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If you have the room to store it, keep it in case of a second wave. It's not going to go bad; and when there's a vaccine readily available, you can always donate it to a local food pantry, they'll always take things like that.
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Isthisrealyreal Oct 2020
So true!
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Wow! That's a lot of supplies. 40 gallons of bleach?? You could offer it on e-bay and start your retirement fund! Otherwise I would donate to the many charities that don't have surpluses. Homeless shelters, LTC facilites, and many other locations mentioned below. Don't get rid of it all... COVID is on the rebound.
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Stacy0122 Oct 2020
I looked on Amazon. With the way they jack up prices, you could start a retirement fund.
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I'm dying to know. What IS your definition of hoarding?

Perhaps it's one of those irregular conjugations:

I am amply stocked. You are running a surplus. He is a hoarder.
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Stacy0122 Oct 2020
A horder is a person that cannot part with their posessions, I gave willing so that would not be considered hoarding.
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For groceries, I shop on-line and do curb-side pickup. The grocery website will let me know if a product is out of stock.

My gosh, I am seeing more and more things becoming out-of-stock with the uptick of the virus, and it is not the toilet paper, paper towels, and Lysol wipes. It's food items, even pet food. I haven't been able to get my cat his favorite cat litter, thank goodness I had stocked up during the summer but I do like to keep a lot of jugs on hand. Not easy to explain Covid to the cat =^..^=
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NeedHelpWithMom Nov 2020
I like the Lysol wipes over the Clorox ones. They aren’t easy to get though.
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Some stores may refuse returns on certain items.
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freqflyer Nov 2020
The stores in my area have "NO RETURNS" signs, even the grocery stores. I can understand why.
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Well, you might not want to give it all away right now. This is still our first swing at Covid 19 and as you see, it is swinging back. There could be a second (and if it mutates, a slightly stronger version o the virus) wave coming. At best .... we are many months away from a safe and viable vaccine which has to be distributed, which increases the amount of time we will all have to deal with Covid -19 even if you are one of the first to be vaccinated; a form of this virus has been in Asia for sometime; the Chinese population has been in masks for several years now; I think we could easily plan on a year in masks in public places. Figure out how many disposable masks you use per day (make it at least 1) and then add it for accidents (torn ear loop, wet/dirty mask) and that will give you a little cushion. You can then donate what is left. Since the N95s are in really short supply in most hospital in the the US you might want to donate 1/3 of your supply to a local hospital or a NON PROFIT long term care facility. The shelf life of 70% rubbing alcohol is about 3 years. Figure how out much you have used /monthly since the pandemic started, add 2 more months to it to get through 2020 and then keep a year's supply. Bleach expires more quickly than alcohol; it has a shelf life of about 6 mos and then tends to degrade rather rapidly. It all depends on how often you use bleach but with 40 gallons, I personally would not keep more than 8-10. You must be a great shopper to have found all this or someone who is really tuned in to what was happening in the world because a lot of the medical profession seems to have been caught unaware. Just remember, Covid in not over yet so don't start hugging strangers in bars!
Peace~
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Isthisrealyreal Oct 2020
Forget hugging strangers, it seems like we can not even hug our friends. Which is very sad. I loved your wise, helpful advice.
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Stacy, I have noticed that shelves are getting thin.

The news keeps encouraging people to stock up and then they say that supplies will be stable, so I think that the changing story has people worried.

I have stayed stocked up because I knew that they didn't know enough about this virus to give us any information that we could really depend on.

So, better safe than sorry, is a rule of thumb that we live by.

Are you seeing food shortages?
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