News Amazon Delays Shipping PC Parts for Weeks; Shop Elsewhere for Now

[jimmysmitty]

Agreed, but I don't think it's the media's fault. I haven't heard any "OMG, run for the hills!" type of reporting. It's all been factual, but the difference is that there's been enough coverage that folks who don't normally pay attention to the news have suddenly taken notice and generally over-reacted, on the basis of little information.

When I've gone shopping, I've made a conscious decision to buy only what I'm likely to need in the next 2 weeks. It helps that I buy some of my food online or at wholesale, and in bulk. So, I already had a lot of what I need. ...but not toilet paper. Doh! What a time to be on my last roll!

(I did eventually find toilet paper, at which point I bought only one 6-pack. I'm confident that'll last me until the demand settles out.)

Not so much "Run for the hills" but they do use certain words that cause people to think in extremes. I mean I can't remember the last time people hoarded this badly.

 

[King_V]

EVERY time there's a snow warning...

 

[jimmysmitty]

EVERY time there's a snow warning...

Well we don't deal with that in Arizona much and even when we do people still don't act like this. I remember West Nile virus. The news made it a big deal but nothing got sold out.

 

[bit_user]

Well maybe im glad they aren't shipping now.

Just quarantine your package for 2 days, and you should be fine.

For added protection, put it in the sun, which should speed up the virus' natural degradation.

 

[bit_user]

EVERY time there's a snow warning...

It's like a blizzard forecast day, after day, after day.

I bought more groceries, today. I found most of what I wanted, but a few things had one brand in stock and I didn't find any packages of flavored noodle soup.

I remember West Nile virus. The news made it a big deal but nothing got sold out.

That's normally transmitted by mosquitoes. Can you even get it directly from another person? If not, I wonder how much pandemic potential it really has.

 

[digitalgriffin]

Well Amazon shipped my drives today that were due on the 21st.

I was going to cancel the order today too. You know what they say about timing.