Why do people here have a stash for Brexit?

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I can see the point if it's medicines or medical supplies, but I've seen a few threads here where people are stashing tuna, toilet rolls and sweets!?

Are you all fucking mad?

I'm a total remainder but come on, I know it'll be shit but you'll still find asda and tesco will be open

Clav likes to come on all the brexit threads and copy and paste ad infinitum. I've never read anything convincing from her yet but bless, she never gives up.

EssentialHummus
Yes, and you’ve helpfully found me a quote suggesting that a sustained cost increase will be passed on to consumers. As the rest of us already thought. I think the term is “own goal”?

"ripple through" is hardly a sudden price hike.

Socksontheradiator
I think stockpiling tuna, toilet rolls and sweets (op) is unnecessary because retailers are stockpiling for you - which may also be unnecessary. If you think there will be a serious shortage of food and people looking to 'steal your stash' - then you are a bit bonkers.

This is not the stealing your stash thread. My concern is that, if you are wrong and there are shortages, anybody who you may have persuaded out of stockpiling will be adding to frenzied panic buying later.

"ripple through" is hardly a sudden price hike.

Goalpost shifting alert. Now it's only "sudden" events that are scaremongering fake news, just like now it's only "certain" items that may be stockpiled.

retailers are stockpiling for you - which may also be unnecessary

FFS Does anyone really think Govt's, importers and retailers are spending all this time and money for no fucking reason?

Storage is finite, esp leading up to xmas, alternative suppliers and any FTA will be a long time coming.

Retailers already stockpile to warehouse capacity in preparation for Xmas so to stockpile further for Brexit will be beyond their capacity, unless they get extra warehouse space.

to stockpile further for Brexit will be beyond their capacity, unless they get extra warehouse space

It's that goalpost shifting again.

From "stockpiling is baaaaaaaad scaremongering/hysteria/panic, there is no chance of shortages or price rises", to "why, obviously stockpiling is sensible/desirable/patriotic, as long as it's certain people/companies stockpiling certain things."

@Clavinova , don't know about you but I don't trust people to do the buffer of food building for me. They tend to bump the prices up if things get scarce (or there is a perception that it is scarce or it is very sunny or it is a bit cold or whatever market force is in play). It's called capitalism . Where the only person to rely on in an uncertain market is yourself.
But you have taken the pledge not to build a buffer of food in your cupboards. Weirdly, no other Brexiteer on here seems willing to do so. Wonder why that is

Anyone listening to Justin king on R4 now?
Who do I regard as credible ... him or Clavinova ... ooh that’s a toughie

They tend to bump the prices up

Ah, but apparently that's not going to happen because Reasons.

I am listening to R4.

I love my stash although less so now there's no treats in it. It's brings me equal amounts of comfort and anxiety. It's a strange thing.

Is Clavvy the same poster as claig? Asking for a friend.

Just registered to let @bellinisurge & others know that I’m a Brexiteer & have ‘taken the pledge’ to not stockpile✌️🇬🇧

Oo, we have a second pledge. Thanks @MigorRortis . At least you have the guts to say it.

is there a proper pledge? thats brilliant.

mind you, before march, i remember there was a brexiteer who was aghast at anyone buying in extra tins despite having 'an outhouse' - as you do - with approx yrs worth of supplies.

No worries😃 @bellinisurge
Found you all through an article in the Daily Mail✌️🇬🇧

I can assure you @Helmetbymidnight that I don’t have an outhouse. I’m common by Mumsnet standards & only have a blow up hot tub in the back garden✌️🇬🇧

Wasn't there a lawyer who had an outhouse fully loaded?

excellent and presumably the hot tub and all the cleaning chemicals are made in the uk.

party round yours then!

I’m sure we’ll be fine on cleaning chemicals with all the pennies I save on olives in the sparkling English wine✌️🇬🇧

Party round mine 31/10/19 11pm🎉
You’re more than welcome✌️🇬🇧

Isn't that how retailers such as Amazon/Aldi/Lidl do so well - with tight profit margins? Works for some.

Amazon does well by imposing punishing terms on its suppliers. It doesn’t have the same sort of overheads as a high street food retailer. Jeff Bezos didn’t become the richest person in modern history by not worrying about his profit margin.

Is Clavvy the same poster as claig? Asking for a friend

I wondered that too, just another "so called" brexitier who cannot back up their statements.. do these people live under a bridge?

Brilliant @MigorRortis, another pledge!

But what do your pledge-free cupboards look like? I only ask in the interests of transparency, as I have a friend who thinks 'all this stockpiling nonsense is education's and she 'won't do it'.

She has a double sided fridge freezer in her kitchen (the American sort) and a large chest freezer in the garage. Both are always full. But she's not stockpiling.

Another friend is in a studio flat. She is stockpiling because she is 'very worried '. 12 loo rolls under the bed and a plastic container like you might keep kid's toys in, in the lounge area (no room in tiny kitchen) It contains a few cans and a bit of long life milk and orange juice.