Have you stopped buying from China for now?

[Deleted User]

The Coronavirus not only made fatal victims, but has also affected China's economy, unsurprisingly.

I personally don't order from China, but rather buy from within the country I live in or from another Western country. I've noticed a lot of sellers on eBay say they dispatch from Great Britain, but when you check their profile it says Hong Kong (China), for example.

Oh yes, FFP3 masks are also selling out quite quickly on Amazon (U.K.) and on eBay they're being scalped. Imagine that, even when people might need a mask, they'll have to pay premium price rather than the original. Damn greed.

 

[The Catboy]

I haven't because the virus doesn't survive long outside of the host and it takes forever for anything to get out of China and to my place. I am more likely to get it from my Uber driver than I am from a package from China, I say this because there's an international airport near me and a lot of Uber drivers tend to pick up rides from there. Even then it's still pretty unlikely that anyone I am near or any package I get from China is gonna to have Coronavirus attached to them or my package.

 

[The_Debt_Collector]

The mortality rate is only 2%. Unless you're already old and sick you'll probably be fine. There is a known case of a 34 year old doctor dying from it though.

 

[SG854]

The Coronavirus is being shipped world wide with Amazon prime 1 day delivery.

 

[FGFlann]

The sheer number of non-food products that come from China, especially plastic and electronic goods, makes not buying things sourced from there extremely difficult. As for buying direct from China, I think I did it once on eBay in 2007 to get pre-release Transformers toys that 'went missing' from the factory.

 

[morvoran]

As about 90%+ of electronic goods come from China, I would say that I haven't stopped buying from China. If you're asking about this because of the coronavirus, then this is moot as that virus is the least of your worries for stuff that comes out of China.
Not all, not all, not all, but a lot of those factory workers do not have good personal hygiene as well as workers in any countries. You would not believe how much "waste products" and other germs that live longer than the coronavirus are on the things you buy that do not come out of sterile factories.
Everything you buy should be wiped down and/or washed before you use them especially anything that is intended to go inside your body.

 

[Duo8]

Not like I have a choice, I placed a few orders but none of them are processing.

 

[Alexander1970]

Have you stopped buying from China for now?

Yes,but it has nothing to do with the Virus.

 

[Deleted User]

yes but reason is that ive noticed that shipping time has increased. so im just waiting a bit.

 

[IC_]

I haven't ordered anything from anywhere during the coronavirus thing but no I would still order stuff from china

 

[DinohScene]

I'm still waiting for packages to arrive from China.

That being said, stop fear mongering.
There's countless of other things that will kill you quicker then that virus.

 

[emigre]

The hysteria is ridiculous. I went to the shops the other day and my old man told me not to buy anything made in China. This is coupled with stories of people avoiding Chinese restaurants. Honestly, we live in an age where we can readily access information throughout humanity, and this stupid misinformed shit still happens.

 

[ghjfdtg]

Every known case so far has been through contact. It doesn't survive on anything other than the host. And many more people die every year on flu. No reason to panic.

 

[cracker]

I'm playing Plague Inc. Evolved and taking breaks to look on Wish and Ali"Express".

 

[FAST6191]

I'm playing Plague Inc. Evolved and taking breaks to look on Wish and Ali"Express".

So you are saying to buy things from Madagascar?

 

[cracker]

I order from the fine people of North Sentinel Island. Always get it delivered and never picked up in person.

 

[FAST6191]

I order from the fine people of North Sentinel Island. Always get it delivered and never picked up in person.

They are good.

I did order some arrows last time and they delivered them right to the boat.

 

[Deleted User]

I bought some components I need from China because I don't know where else to buy them.

 

[Viri]

I stopped buying from China even before the virus. I got sick of waiting a month for my order to arrive.

 

[DANTENDO]

I've never checked wher my amazon order comes from but I always make sure I get it the next day so does tht mean I've never had anything from china