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The clever price trick one Aussie supermarket is using to stop shoppers from coronavirus hoarding - and it works!

Now this is genius! - by Amy Sinclair
  • 23 Mar 2020
The clever price trick one Aussie supermarket is using to stop shoppers from coronavirus hoarding - and it works!

While supermarkets have imposed strict product limits on most items in stores, it seems some shoppers are pulling all sorts of sneaky tactics to get around the coronavirus panic buying restrictions. 

Well now one Sydney mini supermarket has shared their ingenious plan to stop shoppers from hoarding stock - and customers say ‘it works’!

Redfern Convenience Store in Sydney’s inner city has started put a sign up on toilet paper stating that one packet will cost $3.50 - however two packs will cost a whopping $99, a surefire way to stop shoppers from stocking up. 

The move went down a treat on social media, with one Twitter user saying it was ‘the best thing I’ve ever seen.’ Said another: ‘This needs to be done everywhere!’

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The idea first originated in Denmark where a major supermarket used the technique to curb the hoarding of hand santiser - selling one bottle for $8 each or two bottles for $212 each. 

Experts say the tactic worked. Said one: ‘It’s better. If you say “you can only buy one,” people will argue for an exception for their special case. When you put a price on it, no one argues to be able to buy two.’

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