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tenderfoot

(8,424 posts)
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:39 PM Mar 2020

Woman buys out Dollar Tree of paper products - Cheers Trump.

So this woman not only buys out a local Dollar Tree of every single box of paper towels, napkins, and toilet paper so that no one else can buy any, but caps it off with this:

"Donald Trump! Go Donald Trump!"


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Woman buys out Dollar Tree of paper products - Cheers Trump. (Original Post) tenderfoot Mar 2020 OP
Such is the reprehensible right. J_William_Ryan Mar 2020 #1
Yep! Metro135 Mar 2020 #47
I think people have to realize that ... aggiesal Mar 2020 #76
These people are called TRASH. nt coti Mar 2020 #96
Disgusting... nm mikewv Mar 2020 #2
My word from your mouth! nt pazzyanne Mar 2020 #87
Dainty Digits will probably want to get this woman into his cabinet ASAP The Genealogist Mar 2020 #3
"What an asshole" Probably the real reason why she needed that much toilet paper. cstanleytech Mar 2020 #57
I don't think I have to say where I think she needs to shove it. The Genealogist Mar 2020 #58
And shame on Dollar Tree for not having a policy in place to prevent this. n/t femmedem Mar 2020 #4
The Dollar Tree should be putting a limit on the products .. CatMor Mar 2020 #5
Isn't Dollar tree part of Koch Enterprises? LakeArenal Mar 2020 #14
No connection whatsoever. However Koch enterprises owns Georgia Paciific paper co wishstar Mar 2020 #25
I looked it up and it is owned by SKM Enterprises .. CatMor Mar 2020 #26
Best bet is to try a grocery store the minute they open and probably one that gets alot of product cstanleytech Mar 2020 #73
I'll have to do that ... CatMor Mar 2020 #95
I think they should have brought a bigger truck Siwsan Mar 2020 #6
Yep, I hope they took the highway to get back to their cave. WyattKansas Mar 2020 #12
Yard sale at her place in six months. lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #7
I'm tempted to think some are hoarding to do resale..... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #18
I have no doubt some/many are buying for resale. Stinky The Clown Mar 2020 #59
Knew people back in the '70s that would have been called "preppers". Igel Mar 2020 #20
Or check her out on Craigslist tomorrow 10x the cost lunasun Mar 2020 #51
Sorry honey, greed won't stop a virus. C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #8
I think you have her confused with somebody who gives a shit...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #10
For sure. And she'll be complaining the loudest if she gets it. C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #13
Post removed Post removed Mar 2020 #9
Evidence? Kingofalldems Mar 2020 #29
I'm not calling anyone out here, but nice try. cwydro Mar 2020 #35
No no no---you posted that people on our side were doing the same thing as this filth. Kingofalldems Mar 2020 #37
Post removed Post removed Mar 2020 #39
Sure they are. tenderfoot Mar 2020 #81
post links demtenjeep Mar 2020 #83
How about a link? PJMcK Mar 2020 #84
No that's not true. rockfordfile Mar 2020 #53
Oh, help us out... tenderfoot Mar 2020 #77
Bullshit RandiFan1290 Mar 2020 #108
I haven't seen that on DU. I've seen that some people, Ilsa Mar 2020 #40
unfortunately barbtries Mar 2020 #45
I understand that, which is why I don't judge Ilsa Mar 2020 #99
Pigs will be pigs. Apologies to pigs. jrthin Mar 2020 #11
A genuine deplorable malaise Mar 2020 #15
why the hell didn't they stop her?????????? Takket Mar 2020 #16
Probably because they found it amusing. Igel Mar 2020 #21
Went to Safeway today; Grokenstein Mar 2020 #94
Should have used the RW method against her, follow her home and paste her address publicly captain queeg Mar 2020 #17
What a disgusting deplorable Ohiogal Mar 2020 #19
GREED! but the way they were handling those boxes bluestarone Mar 2020 #22
I am SO sorry I lit my cigarette and carelessly... ret5hd Mar 2020 #23
Hahaha! Next year she will be featured on Hoarders. tavernier Mar 2020 #24
My niece is down to five rolls, maybe four now. I am getting hold of family and friends in that area LizBeth Mar 2020 #27
So, what did she ultimately prove? That she's an idiot? dhol82 Mar 2020 #28
Yes to your first question MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #70
Sad excuse for a human. dhol82 Mar 2020 #97
I agree MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #98
The real question is why there was not a "2 per customer limit" at Dollar Tree madaboutharry Mar 2020 #30
+1 LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #55
Terrible that dollar tree allowed this kimbutgar Mar 2020 #31
Our Dollar Tree and Dollar General have buy limits. Guess this one didn't. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #32
I hope she catches the hoax. blueinredohio Mar 2020 #33
+1 dalton99a Mar 2020 #36
Obviously dollar tree is a bunch of trump humping fucks. Doreen Mar 2020 #34
people who want to profit off of misery Skittles Mar 2020 #38
What an un-Christian-like thing to do. Slime. Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #41
it's past time barbtries Mar 2020 #42
Watch and see Windy City Charlie Mar 2020 #43
Rugged individualism on display here Mr. Ected Mar 2020 #44
Why Should it Surprise you Rob2861 Mar 2020 #46
The woman filming should have said where she was TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 #48
There is just a glimpse of the license plate of the SUV. Florida maybe? tikka Mar 2020 #52
That woman is a Trump worshiping ass hat. MarianJack Mar 2020 #49
You just know Windy City Charlie Mar 2020 #50
One day she will come face to face with someone not so nice like us... FM123 Mar 2020 #54
well, tRumpster yard sale tables will be full of tp & paper towels this summer. nt yaesu Mar 2020 #56
Knowing how Trumpers are... Windy City Charlie Mar 2020 #60
I somehow think Dollar Tree as a public service liberalmuse Mar 2020 #61
That's why I think Windy City Charlie Mar 2020 #62
Inside job I suspect. Pepsidog Mar 2020 #91
There's a limit to 1 package per person in our dollar tree. FloridaBlues Mar 2020 #63
Saw that, every comment asking why $Tree allowed it Catherine Vincent Mar 2020 #64
Donald Trump is every complete asshole's dream. hadEnuf Mar 2020 #65
Well said. That's a bumper sticker! Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #74
Go Donald Trump gilligan Mar 2020 #66
Hillary proven right again. Yavin4 Mar 2020 #67
CEO is a trump prick Traildogbob Mar 2020 #68
She's just like Trump. Joinfortmill Mar 2020 #69
Some states have laws against hoarders, remember the guy who went around and brought up... SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #71
i hate and loathe this selfish act. AllaN01Bear Mar 2020 #72
Asswipes. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2020 #75
Where in Florida? nt intrepidity Mar 2020 #78
You know she is price gouging. Stay classy bitch. Capt. America Mar 2020 #79
K & R & Retweeted for Exposure! SunSeeker Mar 2020 #80
Make her donate all that stuff muntrv Mar 2020 #82
I'm sure that this evil woman calls herself a Christian. IrishEyes Mar 2020 #85
Fun Fact: littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #86
The store should be limiting the amount one customer can buy AdamGG Mar 2020 #88
that's what i thought orleans Mar 2020 #93
Sickening. smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #89
Please tell why Dollar Tree would sell her all that. Maybe an insider employee helped? Pepsidog Mar 2020 #90
I think you're right...she must have gotten a call just after the store took a delivery. Liberal In Texas Mar 2020 #106
Someone knows this low rent trash. Looking forward to putting a name to that face. n/t TheFourthMind Mar 2020 #92
That MAGAts so full of shit, that won't even last her a week maxrandb Mar 2020 #100
Donnie's getting a medal of freedom polished up for this specimen Blue Owl Mar 2020 #101
Nasty woman vercetti2021 Mar 2020 #102
She should get the Ayn Rand award for the "virtue of selfishness" DBoon Mar 2020 #103
She was lucky. In another neighborhood, folks would have kicked her ass... albacore Mar 2020 #104
Image control lounar Mar 2020 #105
It's the "Miracle of the Free Market" made visible. n/t Liberal In Texas Mar 2020 #107

aggiesal

(8,864 posts)
76. I think people have to realize that ...
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 09:16 PM
Mar 2020

In most states, price gouging during a time of emergency is illegal and a violation of unfair or deceptive trade practices law — though only a few states have declared a state of emergency due to coronavirus at this point.

Where did this occur?
If it is in a state that has declared a State Emergency, send the video to the authorities.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
26. I looked it up and it is owned by SKM Enterprises ..
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:21 PM
Mar 2020

never heard of them. I'm getting upset with the people doing this. All I want is a 5 lb bag of potatoes and so far can't get them.

cstanleytech

(26,087 posts)
73. Best bet is to try a grocery store the minute they open and probably one that gets alot of product
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 09:06 PM
Mar 2020

like Walmart.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
95. I'll have to do that ...
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 09:59 PM
Mar 2020

I have 7 large major stores, each anout 1.5 miles from my house and have had no luck. It is unbelievable.

Siwsan

(26,178 posts)
6. I think they should have brought a bigger truck
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:45 PM
Mar 2020

I envisioned him taking off, and high piled unsecured boxes of 'profit margin' tumbling onto the roadway and then into the truck beds and trunks of other people's vehicles.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
12. Yep, I hope they took the highway to get back to their cave.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:52 PM
Mar 2020

Even better taking the Interstate at a higher speed, so the boxes down in the bed get whipped out too.

They probably got home and immediately armed themselves to go after the thieves who stole their loot while they were driving.

lpbk2713

(42,697 posts)
7. Yard sale at her place in six months.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:45 PM
Mar 2020


You can buy all that crap for pennies each. There's a sucker born every minute.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
18. I'm tempted to think some are hoarding to do resale.....
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:01 PM
Mar 2020

say in the summer or fall when they think things may get scare and make a big killing.

Considering how a part of our society has bought into the right-wing self-centered individualism mania, it wouldn't surprise me at all.

If our supply chains can hold up and with many economists thinking deflation may come around, these people could easily lose that gamble.

KY

Igel

(35,199 posts)
20. Knew people back in the '70s that would have been called "preppers".
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:09 PM
Mar 2020

But that's not the word they used. "Survivalists"? Yeah, I think that was it.

They had shelves full of paper products in their basement.

When the panic passed, they had paper products. They bought no toilet paper or tissues quite literally for years. Stuff doesn't go bad in that length of time, so no hurt/no foul.

Response to tenderfoot (Original post)

Kingofalldems

(38,361 posts)
37. No no no---you posted that people on our side were doing the same thing as this filth.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:38 PM
Mar 2020

I see zero evidence of that---so not a good try there.

Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #37)

Ilsa

(61,676 posts)
40. I haven't seen that on DU. I've seen that some people,
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:48 PM
Mar 2020

Like my husband and me, keep a well-stocked pantry so we don't need to binge /panic buy. We keep a lot so that there is plenty left on the shelves for others. Most people who follow this practice accept that it means sharing when others are in need. I've already shared toilet paper with one person nearby, paper towels with another, and baby wipes drenched in 91% alcohol with two other people.

barbtries

(28,703 posts)
45. unfortunately
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:55 PM
Mar 2020

not everyone can afford to do this. I do it now but when I was raising my kids...sometimes i had to run out and settle for the store brand I was so broke. Sometimes we had paper napkins or paper towels in the bathroom.

Right now after inventory, I think we have enough to hopefully weather the crush. hopefully.

Ilsa

(61,676 posts)
99. I understand that, which is why I don't judge
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 10:43 PM
Mar 2020

those who appear to be "unprepared", and it's why I share what I have.

And even if someone has the money, it doesn't mean they have the space for storing paper goods, months of canned goods, dehydrated foods, etc.

Takket

(21,425 posts)
16. why the hell didn't they stop her??????????
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:59 PM
Mar 2020

they are willing to just fuck over all their other customers to satisfy one person???????

Igel

(35,199 posts)
21. Probably because they found it amusing.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:14 PM
Mar 2020

And the next day, had she gone back, she'd have seen all her hard work in trying to screw everybody else out of any toilet paper had come to naught, what with the shelves all full again.

Got cat food yesterday at a Petco. Asked if I could have two large bags. "Sure. Somebody cleaned us out a day ago. Bought dozens of bags, laughing that he'd have the stuff when nobody else did. Truck came the next day." He opened the doors to their storage area. Pallets of cat food. "Buy all you want. This has to last us until Monday, though, that's when the next stock delivery is." And he laughed. Still got two bags. I buy near where I work, but since I'm working at home now I won't be in the area for a while.

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
94. Went to Safeway today;
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 09:58 PM
Mar 2020

Light crowds, most things stocked. Ramen, incredibly, is still gone from the shelves--as are eggs (!), rice and dry pasta--but salad greens, fruits, tomatoes, most heat-n-eat stuff and the deli foods were in ample supply. Cheese wasn't as well-stocked as usual but not scarce. Paper products are in gradual recovery mode.

Same deal at the local-owned fresh-veggie store. Prices up a substantial nudge but not super gougey. 7-Eleven got stripped of ramen and bumwipe on Screaming Panic Day in the Bay Area, but if I want something stupid to snarf after work they'll be the only thing open and they'll be stocked.

Walgreens shows a lot of panic-related items "out of stock" store-by-store on their website, but some essential items are held in the back so assholes can't strip the shelves. Smart! (Preposterous pricing also helps, but that's not a new tactic for Walgreens.)

So yeah, unless Trump and the GOP manage to botch things further--and of course that's a distinct possibility and maybe even a likelihood--the hoarders and gougers are going to faceplant hard. They should still be subject to horrible fates regardless. Had we a decent government, they would have been subject to arrest from the very start of the crisis.

ret5hd

(20,435 posts)
23. I am SO sorry I lit my cigarette and carelessly...
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:19 PM
Mar 2020

flipped my lit match in the back of your truck! SO SO sorry!

tavernier

(12,322 posts)
24. Hahaha! Next year she will be featured on Hoarders.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:19 PM
Mar 2020

Her husband will have left her, her kids will stop by and gasp in amazement at the horror that she lives in, rats and cockroaches and shit all over the toilet seat.

LizBeth

(9,946 posts)
27. My niece is down to five rolls, maybe four now. I am getting hold of family and friends in that area
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:24 PM
Mar 2020

to keep her in mind if they find any and give her a text. I am doing this five or states away. It has become funny.

dhol82

(9,351 posts)
28. So, what did she ultimately prove? That she's an idiot?
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:24 PM
Mar 2020

I just don’t get people like this. Hurting others for the sheer pleasure of it.

MustLoveBeagles

(11,563 posts)
70. Yes to your first question
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 08:59 PM
Mar 2020
Hurting others for the sheer pleasure of it.


That was the point. She's a greedy asshole.

madaboutharry

(40,153 posts)
30. The real question is why there was not a "2 per customer limit" at Dollar Tree
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:25 PM
Mar 2020

like there is at so many other stores.

kimbutgar

(20,882 posts)
31. Terrible that dollar tree allowed this
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:26 PM
Mar 2020

Our stores only let you buy two of any one item.

I hope this women gets arrested, shamed or shunned in her community. Hopefully the local news will show this video and she will be doxed.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
34. Obviously dollar tree is a bunch of trump humping fucks.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:33 PM
Mar 2020

Then again maybe they only hire teenagers of the hour who either have no clue what is going on or they just don't give a flying fuck.

I would tend to choose dollar tree being trump humpers.

Windy City Charlie

(1,178 posts)
43. Watch and see
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:53 PM
Mar 2020

Watch and see when the pandemic is over, she's going to expect Dollar Tree to take all of that stuff back, and the look on her face when they don't is going to be priceless. Even, though, these next several weeks she'll probably try to sell it for a profit.

Rob2861

(39 posts)
46. Why Should it Surprise you
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:56 PM
Mar 2020

She's a Trump supporter, that in itself tells you she's a selfish idiot. Their actions show their worth.

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
49. That woman is a Trump worshiping ass hat.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 08:04 PM
Mar 2020

Damn, I had wondered if I was going too far when I bought 2 12 packs of Angel Soft a few days ago. At least we shred with our son and his roommate.

RESIST!

Windy City Charlie

(1,178 posts)
50. You just know
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 08:07 PM
Mar 2020

As viral as this is going, she's going to be quickly tracked down....and you just know she's the type she's going to lie her ass off when the authorities confront her about this. "I was just joking about re-selling it."

FM123

(10,050 posts)
54. One day she will come face to face with someone not so nice like us...
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 08:17 PM
Mar 2020

She will not know what hit her when she pulls this crap on the wrong person. Imagine if it were another Magat and not this young lady videotaping she told to F off....

Windy City Charlie

(1,178 posts)
60. Knowing how Trumpers are...
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 08:31 PM
Mar 2020

Knowing how Trumpers are, when this woman gets tracked down will probably try to deflect and tell the authorities "you need to go after the woman who filmed this for trying to make me look bad."

liberalmuse

(18,670 posts)
61. I somehow think Dollar Tree as a public service
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 08:31 PM
Mar 2020

has a responsibility to not allow this. The Dollar Tree near me limits items like tp, paper towels, etc. Seriously, our stores need to enforce limits.

Windy City Charlie

(1,178 posts)
62. That's why I think
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 08:33 PM
Mar 2020

That's why I think when they get to the bottom of this, both the woman and that Dollar Tree store will try to claim it was being bought so it could be given to a charity.

Traildogbob

(8,584 posts)
68. CEO is a trump prick
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 08:57 PM
Mar 2020

The CEO of the "Dollar" stores franchise is Art Pope. Her inherited the fortune of "Jinuh" junk. He was appointed to oversee North Carolona Treasurey after he bought McCury the governorship. There is one in every direction within a quarter mile of each other in WNC. We got a church, a dollar store, and a gun store any where you are here. Maggie Valley had a strict no franchise policy to keep it a small town mountain tourist attraction. A year after his appointment a massive Dollar store was approved down town. There are 2 already just out of the city limits. His goal, keep people poor and force them to give him your money. Trump 2.O.

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
71. Some states have laws against hoarders, remember the guy who went around and brought up...
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 09:03 PM
Mar 2020

all of the hand sanitizers? Almost 18K bottles worth...

littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
86. Fun Fact:
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 09:32 PM
Mar 2020

On cardboard, however, the new coronavirus lasted three times longer than SARS did: 24 hours, compared with eight hours.

This deplorable just upped her chances of infection by handling all those boxes. All it takes is one sneeze in her general direction and all those boxes become deadly, for 24 hours.

I doubt she's smart enough to be careful.

**********
One graphic shows how long the coronavirus lives on surfaces like cardboard, plastic, and steel

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-lifespan-on-surfaces-graphic-2020-3

Graphic here:
https://i.insider.com/5e72905bc48540719405086c?width=1260&format=jpeg&auto=webp

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
89. Sickening.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 09:42 PM
Mar 2020

Both this woman and Dollar General are reprehensible and should be dealt with by the law. This should never be allowed during times of emergency.

Liberal In Texas

(13,458 posts)
106. I think you're right...she must have gotten a call just after the store took a delivery.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 10:07 AM
Mar 2020

Hopefully the store franchise owner will investigate and fire the employee who did this.

albacore

(2,387 posts)
104. She was lucky. In another neighborhood, folks would have kicked her ass...
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 12:11 AM
Mar 2020

..and taken the boxes.

We are about two weeks from food shortages. When food hoarders do that.... there will be blood.

lounar

(2 posts)
105. Image control
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:37 AM
Mar 2020

Just checked Dollar Tree website. As of the 19th there are limits on amount of essential items sold to individual customers. I would surely think those items fall under that category. Unless that video was days old, I would suspect someone's employment would be in jeopardy, if not, at least, to salvage what would be left of the severely damaged company image.

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