What the heck are 230,000 people trying to buy from Boots?

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Can anyone shed light?!

Anti bacterial hand wash? Nappies ? Formula ? Paracetamol ? Home brew kits ?

Me, antihistamines and the only toothpaste Ds will tolerate.

Fuck me if I know but I'm tearing my hair out trying to get essential eye drops for my Gran 🤦🏻‍♀️

Condoms

I suspect nappies, formula and sanpro. Yes maybe condoms as well and incontinence pads. All pretty essential items if you use them.

Earplugs... With lockdown I bet loads of people with shit noisy neighbours (like mine) will want some.

@undercoveraessedai These people are good for eyedrops. www.butterflies-eyecare.co.uk/

@Iwannabeadored20

Good idea to get condoms because:

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/global-condom-shortage-coronavirus-shuts-down-production

Just me and my housemate here, @Apocalips - no need (or use) fortunately

@Iwannabeadored20 for some reason I read that as you were in the queue to buy condoms. Doh! Need sleep.

There's another thread on this already......

Most exciting thing I have here to occupy my time is a fecking Jigsaw, @Apocalips.

Once you get onto the website, is there much left in stock?!

A thermometer

That's what I can't work out, why so many people are queuing for hours when they don't know if what they want is in stock. Have they tried all the other online pharmacies, etc that are still open and found that nowhere else has anything and are trying boots as a last resort?

Hardly anything in stock. We're nearly out of shampoo and toothpaste and no supermarket deliveries so I've just had a tab open and checking it periodically. Not been able to buy much mind!

Well I can tell you that they have the square root of sod all in stock, unless of course you’re looking for Soap and Glory gift sets or perfume.

What perfume?

Poorly there are thermometers on Amazon, price is up a bit and some have long wait times but not all.

@DarnedSocks thank you! Mum has managed to get a box over to her which has bought me another week or two - will try that site x

Boots in store is crazy, with most aisles blocked off including the hair and cosmetics aisles. I go there 3x week for a script (suboxone, drugs service is trying to get me onto weekly but understandably they're overwhelmed). If I want deodorant, shampoo, a comb, hand gel or even a lipstick, why can't I get them while I'm already there getting a prescription? Surely it's better I get it while there rather than go to superfrug (10 min walk away) or to the big asda store?

slartibarti Amazon no good at all. Everything either out of stock or delivery expected from April 11th. On 27th March that was just too long to wait.

Poorly that's a shame, my mother must have got the last one, bought on Sunday for delivery 1 april.