The price gouging will not stop until eBay prohibitss the sale of all these items. They should also suspend anyone who had newly listed and sold these items in the past month. It should include masks, gloves, all sanitizers and cleaning products, hygienic paper goods, non perishable foods, isoprophyl alcohol, and healthcare supplements. If you ban these items there won’t be an incentive for these predators to buy out everything at their local stores taking it away from their own community. I’m ashamed to admit that I’m a seller on eBay as they haven’t taken a tougher stance to end this problem. It makes us all look bad. There are so many reports in the news and on social networking sites about the price gouging on eBay.
My family was at Sam’s Club about ten days ago where a group of men were in the store filling carts. They had a 26 ft UHaul truck in the lot that was filled with water toilet paper and other essentials. Clearly they were hitting all the stores and buying them out.
I’ve been to the dollar store and their shelves have been empty for all toiletries, paper goods and drinks for weeks now. Those same products are sold here at a huge markup.
Our local stores have decreased store hours, started limiting the amount you can purchase of an item, and limited the number of people that can enter the store. They also have set aside time in which only individuals 65 and older can be in the store.
