How do I report price gouging?

[alwaystubed1]

How do I report hand sanitizer being sold for insane prices? 

[bqud2823]

I’d imigine you got your answer. Now go through and report all these people who are defending or promoting price gouging. There’s a small overlap of people who would promote it and NOT do it themselves.

[quinger86]

AND I just discovered that they likely created a new identity yesterday with four items currently listed and 20 items already sold. Same generic brands, same pictures, same town. (Yes, I know someone could have stolen their picture, but I'm pretty sure it's the same).

[laserprinterkits]

Contact the attorney general office in that state and report them.  I just got a call from my state of MO attorney general office.  They did tell me they would prosecute those in Missouri doing this and I have forwarded them information to assist them to see the issue at hand.  They did agree that they are going to come to ebay as well.  We have to report this to the state AG's offices and my attorney said they would likely be pairing up with other states to address  ebay's inability to reign this in.

These are the sort of cases that are much easier to prove.  They can see a package of toilet paper sells for 7.99 at Walmart and you sold 5 of them for 40 dollars a pop.  

They want to get any information you have, if you bought and you have the seller's information  will help them start moving.  If it's 1 time they sold, I don't think the state will get them but the ones you see have multiple listings, looks like they hoarded at the store, those are the ones they need our help.

[quinger86]

This seller is in Ohio, which doesn't have a price-gouging law at the moment, though I wonder whether the California law might apply since eBay is located in CA.

The Ohio AG's office does encourage reporting it, but it's clunky, and requires giving them your contact info without even saying what the complaint is about, so that they can call you back to inquire and follow up. That's just not something I'm able to do, with professional obligations, unfortunately.

I wish they had a simple email address where you could just point them in the right direction (which is glaringly obvious if you just take sold items and sort them in descending order by price).

[jeeen]

 It is a against the law to price gouge in an emergency. States Attorney generals are contacting Ebay about this. You should report each item you see that is being gouged such as Lysol products, paper products, alcohol products etc. Report them

[jlindle2012]

Masks hand sanitizer, and wipes during a pandemic are not equal to a video game! Price gouging during a state of emergency is illegal. State and federal.

[ghostsitecom]

Well the government sure did step in and shut my hand sanitizer business down. I sold that even before the Coronavirus was a thing.  How can the eBay community except one item as being price gouged due to the down fall . But on another hand for other items price gouging is allowed because it doesn't play on the heart strings of the buyers. I'll take $65 for a 4 oz bottle of hand sanitizer please Alex. 

[ghostsitecom]

Hand sanitizer used to be a simple product. But now it's all of a sudden a band product. What's next steel toed boots?

[ghostsitecom]

Spoiler

I have about 400oz of hand sanitizer that I used to sell at wholesale cost on eBay now it sits on the shelf.  I guess I'll paint my house with Purell next week!!

[micenriq]

Read https://reason.com/2020/03/16/price-gouging-laws-will-do-more-harm-than-good-during-the-coronavirus-....

[ldeluca123]

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@mr_lincoln wrote:

@alwaystubed1   You don't  ... many have asked the same question ... if people want to buy at inflated prices that's their business ...

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Not when the world is in need 🤬

[queenxk-47]

If the seller lives in one of the 24 states with price gouging laws, you report them to the attorney general of that state.  I know my governor Is handing out $10,000 fines for people caught doing it. 

[perlatejas]

I'm sorry that happened to you. That is messed up. That's why you should be harassing every single person who is on eBay selling it for $65. I had a guy bragging to me in a private message about how much money he's making off people. A real keyboard warrior. These are the people who screwed over your business. Everyone reporting them is trying to prevent chaos and hugely distorted pricing. eBay is failing miserably.

[aggie-land]

"band product"?

[swpetroleumservicesinc]

Under a state of emergency and pandemic this type of selling should not be allowed. People will be low on income as it is and will have major problems paying other bills than for toilet paper and paper towels. Most of which never hits the shelves and is being kept and resold for major profits. If everyone stops buying it they will put it back on the shelves. You have other means of cleaning after going so stop empowering them. Also, toilet paper should be added to the banned list like sanitizer.