Again... ludicrous. Too many transactions that simply aren't possible to courier, or the seller can't offer that service. To the seller, that trip may very well mean the only income they've had in weeks, and cannot pay for shipping... it certainly is essential to them. As long as a traveler has a invoice, then the travel is legitimate.
mnem
*smh*
No, "essential" items and stores are defined for full lockdown in the UK e.g. food is "electronics" are not. Unless it is business it would be illegal to travel to pick up test equipment for example. And rightly so. Even for a business you could be asked to justify a trip. I had to travel (in UK) for work during the last lock down. It had to be authorised at executive level and the company has a letter from the government stating our business is essential. The whole point of lockdown is to stop the spread of Covid 19 and save lives. No amount of TE is worth a single life. Travelling to pick up TE is adding to the risk you don't know for sure that you or the seller is clear. You have to get fuel, possibly stop for food. A breakdown or accident is possible. The attitudes "it's just one trip" or "it's my right" are selfish and dangerous. ![Rant :rant:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/rant.gif)
*puts on Devil's advocate hat*
It is nothing to do with that. It is simple livelihood in many cases. To have an arbitrary restriction on CL, etc means that those hardest hit... poor people who would be selling goods on Craigslist, etc because they cannot work from home... have another form of income taken away from them. So now how do we explain away the desperation that comes from them having no way to make a living because we make these arbitrary rules?
Just because you and I have been fortunate enough to be able to make a living without contacting others doesn't mean others are so fortunate. And while we in here generally talk aboot our hobby as if it were just that, many folks reading this thread are actually looking for the tools of their trade (or looking to get into such a trade) and actually
need things bought from these sources to do that.
It simply is not that
BLACK & WHITE . I think we in here are all capable of making reasonable arrangements for curbside pickup... and I think it is reasonable to expect to be able to travel for commerce provided you make such arrangements.
Things are of course in a constant state of flux as well... we have not had a situation like this since the advent of the information age. The instantaneous flow of information makes a lot of travel unnecessary... but we also have a whole different relationship with our "leadership" as a result. I'm constantly wondering how much of the lockdown status is entirely due to political pressures vs actual safety.
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Up here, for example, Stage 3 lockdown is being lifted for the greater Toronto area starting last week through next week for kids to go back to school... no idea what the status is over there.
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mnem
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