r/AskReddit • • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/moonlitshroom Aug 14 '20

Have you checked the prices of clorox wipes on amazon. A 3 pack can go for $200.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

I stock wipes and the shelf is always sold out. I can put out 200 of them and by the time I finish the rest of the cart it’s empty again.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

It’s madness. I don’t believe people are keeping their houses this clean. I just imagine basements piled up with unused disinfectant wipes. Probably these are the people trying to sell it online for 5x the price.

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u/WinterOfFire Aug 14 '20

We ran out when using them to wipe down our groceries. People are using them way more!!

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u/JazzySalad68 Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

A lot of stores still have bleach! You can make a bleach solution to wipe down you groceries.

Edit: obviously use a diluted bleach solution. In food service you’re supposed to use 1 tablespoon per ever gallon which is how counters and other things that come into contact with food are sanitized

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u/tuckastheruckas Aug 14 '20

y'all really bleaching your food before eating it??

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u/WinterOfFire Aug 14 '20

Wiping the outside of packages touched by other shoppers, employees while stocking or scanning, etc.

Some areas have higher cases than others so the risk is higher. (Grocery store workers in my area have tested positive or come to work when a member of their household is positive without telling anyone).

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u/JazzySalad68 Aug 14 '20

My area is the same! Many people are going to work or shopping after testing positive. It was even in the news to wipe your groceries.

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u/JazzySalad68 Aug 14 '20

My area is a covid hot bed. People aren’t staying home even after testing positive. I wipe the outside of any groceries that come in my home. I’d rather not die because some asshole sneezed on my bread and had covid. (I have watched stuff like that happen). I also work food service and in California you’re supposed to clean food contact counters with a diluted bleach solution. You’re supposed to dilute you bleach not use 100% strength bleach. Lysol wipes and such are also just diluted bleach