# During non-plague times, how big is yout TP stash? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424 "2020-03-13T17:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/21 "2020-03-13T21:01:06Z")
It depends on the circumstances. But if you get your name brand TP by(worst case)running into the CVS and grabbing a 4 pack every time vs watching for a good sale it can be the difference of 60 cents vs 15 cents per “roll equivalent” they all use now. And if like me you buy 200-300 rolls equivalent at a time, the difference there is $120-$180 dollars vs $30-$45. Now buying Walmart or Meijer not on sale is still going to be much cheaper than the CVS 4 pack strategy, but will still likely hit $60-$70 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/22 "2020-03-13T21:01:09Z")
10 - 100 When we get down to about 10, another 48. Sometimes we buy double for one reason or another, so instead of 10 in the house and 48 in the garage, it’s 24 in the house and 72 in the garage. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/23 "2020-03-13T21:10:25Z")
We buy a block from Costco. So however many are in there. I think we have like 30 rolls left, including those stashed in bathrooms but not in use. I took an inventory yesterday due to the news about hoarders. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/24 "2020-03-13T21:24:36Z")
I usually buy a monster pack from CostCo. It’s cheaper and better quality than the supermarkets offer. I’ll buy another when we’re down to 12 rolls (6 for the kids, 6 for us). Running out of toilet paper is inconvenient to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/25 "2020-03-13T21:29:11Z")
I don’t have a ton of storage space. I generally buy 6 packs of Charmin mega rolls when they go on sale for $6. I’ll buy one or two packs. I also keep a cheap four pack of generic paper on case I run out of Charmin. If I had more storage space I’d probably buy more, but Charmin goes on salve often enough that I don’t need to plan when I buy it. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/26 "2020-03-13T21:30:51Z")
We get 6-monthly deliveries from [these](https://au.whogivesacrap.org/)lovely people (their website is kinda fun in itself even if you’re outside their delivery area). So somewhere in the zero to 48 zone, but right now closer to 48 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/27 "2020-03-13T22:42:13Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > We buy a block from Costco. 😕 Wha? Is there some dude on the corner selling out of his trunk? > [@Emily Litella](#): > > Oh, a block as in a large package. That’s very different. Nevermind. I have the storage space so I buy it when it goes on sale & look for more when it gets lower. I also keep a spare package (24 rolls equivalent) just in case there isn’t a good sale. ETA: one fell off the shelf so there’s 2 x 24 down there. + the almost empty pack, + the 6-pack of quad rolls I got as part of the panic buying (see _almost empty package_) the other day. Yes, it was on sale. I also bought 4 boxes of Kleenex but only two went into storage as two managed to empty at the same time thru normal, not-sick usage. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/28 "2020-03-13T22:44:58Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I have 5 unopened 12-packs, plus maybe another dozen rolls divided among the bathrooms for easy access… Shit, a guy could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/29 "2020-03-13T22:54:45Z")
The Mrs. and I have 7 bathrooms in our house (yes, we’re bathroom hoarders) and those each need to be stocked with a roll plus 2 backups at all times, so we usually have the equivalent of at least 2 twelve-packs of TP at any one time. The master bath was fitted with a bidet seat toilet sometime back, cutting our TP consumption down drastically. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/30 "2020-03-13T22:56:14Z")
I buy the biggest package they have then wait until there are only a few left before I buy more. So it depends where I am in the cycle. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/31 "2020-03-13T23:00:53Z")
I buy a 36-roll package every few months. I actually picked one up about three weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/32 "2020-03-13T23:01:26Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The Mrs. and I have 7 bathrooms in our house (yes, we’re bathroom hoarders) Please tell me you rotate their use by what day of the week it is. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/33 "2020-03-13T23:02:31Z")
Well… let’s see. I can’t remember the last time I bought toilet paper, so I hope I’m somewhat set for the new post-apocolyptic TP-based economy. _goes out to count_ Looks like we have 19 rolls of toilet paper in the house. That is a hell of a lot more than I would have guessed. My mother in law was recently in town, so she must have stocked up. That, combined with a spray bidet, and I think we’re set for a good while. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/34 "2020-03-13T23:07:12Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I buy a 36-roll package every few months. I actually picked one up about three weeks ago. This is more my usual status. Buy whatever the biggest pack is (I guess 36), and then buy another one when I’m down to the last 2 or 3 rolls. Or sometimes when I realize we’re completely out. Hence my surprise at all the toilet paper in the house. It had been awhile since I bought one of those packs, so I legitimately thought we might actually be down to our last couple of rolls. Nope. Nineteen rolls. Now to go sell them for mucho dinero on eBay! j/k ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/35 "2020-03-13T23:24:24Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I buy the biggest package they have then wait until there are only a few left before I buy more. So it depends where I am in the cycle. Same. We buy the big, 48-roll package of Marathon brand from Costco and make a note to restock when we get down to 6 or 8 rolls. We have one bathroom, 2 adults and 2 teen boys in the house. One roll will last us 2-4 days. When the news of the TP shortage began to percolate through social media, I happened to be going by my local Walgreens that evening. Out of curiosity I went and checked their TP supply and they had plenty, so I picked up a couple of 12-packs of Charmin cuz why not. I just went and counted, we have 20 rolls of the Marathon brand left and the two packages of unopened Charmin, plus a 6-pack of some unknown brand in the back of the closet that I was unaware of. Weird. So I guess we have at least… 100 days of TP stocked. We’ll be going out of town this weekend so that’s 2 days without TP use at home. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/36 "2020-03-13T23:26:16Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Now to go sell them for mucho dinero on eBay! j/k I have two brand new, unused 8oz bottles of Purell hand sanitizer. I’ve legit wondered how much they’d fetch from listing on Ebay or craigslist. ---
**Author:** ![cmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@cmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmore)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/37 "2020-03-14T00:53:27Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The Mrs. and I have 7 bathrooms in our house (yes, we’re bathroom hoarders) 7? for how many people? how many bedrooms does this house have? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/38 "2020-03-14T01:15:19Z")
> [@cmore](#): > > 7? for how many people? how many bedrooms does this house have? Now that the kids have moved out, just us two live here. And there’s one bathroom for every bedroom, plus a half bath off the master kitchen. It’s more house than we need, but it’s on the family property where I was born, and it’s comfy, and it’s paid for. It’s always been home, even when I lived elsewhere for years at a time, and when I inherited it (far too soon, tragically), we moved in and raised our kids here (who also intimately knew the home all their lives). Well worth it, even tho the TP costs have been high. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/39 "2020-03-14T02:20:54Z")
I haven’t bought any in ten years, maybe 15. There are other, better ways to clean. I never buy any paper products. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424/40 "2020-03-14T02:53:23Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > I haven’t bought any in ten years, maybe 15. There are other, better ways to clean. I never buy any paper products. Probably don’t own a TV either, I’m guessing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-non-plague-times-how-big-is-yout-tp-stash/849424.md?page=3)