People are afraid the WAFER will be going AWAY FOR...good.
Good? Oh, no no no, that's BAD. We ALL remember eating NECCO wafers. Like, 40 years ago. When just about everything else in the Halloween bag was eaten except for candy dots on paper and chalky orange "peanut" replicas.
According to the New England Confectionary Company, they will lay off almost all their staff unless a buyer saves them. A buyer who is going to call them up with a mouth full of Jujubes and say "Fhnmm wbnnwn wkfn wnanmm fbrrrrr" ("I need another really awful candy that Duane Reade won't stock.")
When I want proof that there's panic buying, I go right to...EBAY. Sure enough, hoarding has turned sellers into ho's, raising the prices and overcharging on postage. They are DUMPING their STOCK on eBay the way ELEPHANTS dumped in the SAWDUST at the CIRCUS. Clowns on eBay are desperately worried that, unlike Hostess Cupcakes, not even a Mexican company will come in, cheapen the recipe, and put out faux desserts for people who really can't taste the difference.
This same panic-buying happened with Hostess Twinkies, fruit pies, cupcakes, SuzyQ's and ho-ho's, as eBay entrep-manures rushed to the stores, bought out the supply, and overcharged on eBay.
You remember THAT? I sure do. Another era, this would've been a 45 rpm single and I might have even made a few bucks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oltp99tOmv8
you tube - THEY'RE TAKING THE TWINKIES AWAY
It's possible that within the next few weeks, or a month, NECCO will be saved, but for now, people believe that existing supplies are sure to be collectors items. Why not invest?
Thing is, if you buy NECCO WAFERS right NOW, and save them in a closet and ration them, they will taste just as stale in 20 years as they do right now.
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