panic buy
Fearful mass purchasing
To panic buy is to purchase large quantities of goods—especially essentials like food, toilet paper, or fuel—out of fear that supplies will run out.
The behavior typically occurs during emergencies, natural disasters, or anticipated shortages, and often creates the very scarcity people feared: People started panic buying as soon as the storm warnings went out.
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- hoardHidden accumulated valuables
- just in caseFor possible need
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- toilet paperSanitary sheets on roll
hand sanitizer · empty shelves · out of stock · frenzy · rush · scarcity · lockdown · supermarket · shopping cart · cart · grab · essentials · queue · long lines · crowd · desperation · supplies · canned goods
- Quick Decisionssnap judgment, gut feeling, quick pick, on the fly, split second
- transferstransfer, money transfer, bank transfer, wire transfer, fund transfer
- impulse buyscandy, candy bars, chocolate bars, chewing gum, gum
panic buybrowse
Survey without intent
comparison shop · window shop · mindful consumption · impulse buy
panic buypanic sell
Flee investments during crisis
liquidate · offload · destocking · sell off · divest
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