New York State now requires you to wear a mask in public including fabric masks LIFT THE BAN EBAY!

[crafter_at_heart]

So now per Andrew Coumo if your in New York State and your in public you must wear a mask and yes, this does include fabric masks.  Fabric masks are completely washable.  Your not going to catch a virus from the mask.  Your going to catch it from someone who is not wearing one.

So where do you expect everyone in NYS to find a mask?  There are none in stores.  Time for ebay to lift their ban and let anyone who wants to list them list them.   As far as price gouging, the more competition of people listing them, the lower the prices will be.  Competition has a way of doing that.  People can search and find lowest to highest afterall.  

Ebay, wake up!

[l-s-enterprises]

eBay is being stupid. You should be able to sell your masks and people should make up their own minds about the price
Can you sell on Etsy or Facebook? My friend sells them locally on Facebook marketplace

[wesk_36]

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@coolections wrote:

You don't need a mask. Use a bandana or any other cloth material. It's just to cover your face.

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I wore a bandana until I discovered a new social-distancing bubble tool.

If someone invades my six-foot-wide personal space while out walking, I just bump them and watch them bounce!  They are great for public gatherings too, while remaining social-distancing legal and compliant!

[tulipsandteacups]

Living in New Jersey, We are not allowed to enter a small store, 1. without a mask, 2. you must have gloves to use the Bank ATM Machine, we are manned by 2 Police Cars, Some Stores in New Jersey are taking your temperature with the Mask Mandatory.  We are very populated, we need to keep distance, etc. I feel we all have our elective right to stay home, or go out, it's our decision. I opted to stay in. 

My young nephew who is 19 has tested positive in the next county, and my brother tested positive, both are under quarantine in home, and feeling horrible.  They work in my brothers construction company, all employees are told to go home, yet with pay, and their health insurance still going.  They are scared, as my Dad, had emphysema, severly, and lived on bipap, he was inhibated many times, for long periods of time. We were Blessed He Always Came out of the Comas. Yet, I go back to my Mom, who had a routine heart procedure, and coded, they were able to revive her due to her pacemaker. It caused Respitory Problems, and was put on a vent, and coma, for 13 WEEKS, I never got to speak again to my Mom, I understand, I am very Empathic To Anyone On A Vent. My heart goes out to them,  after a week on a Ventilator, and she was 68, it was more trying on her, Thirteen Long Weeks, To Watch and Pray and Wait, It breaks my heart. 

Today is their Anniversary, they were Married in 1951. I thank the Lord they were able to see their 50th Anniversary back in 2003. 

[chapeau-noir]

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@wesk_36 wrote:

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@coolections wrote:

You don't need a mask. Use a bandana or any other cloth material. It's just to cover your face.

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I wore a bandana until I discovered a new social-distancing bubble tool.

If someone invades my six-foot-wide personal space while out walking, I just bump them and watch them bounce!  They are great for public gatherings too, while remaining social-distancing legal and compliant!

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Oh, man - the opportunities for having some fun with those are vast.  Now I want one.  We could have bounce demolition derbies with those, or just do giant slam dances.  

[parkersparrow]

In NJ we have bee required to wear masks since last week. I work in a grocery store. Most people I see have been wearing fabric masks or made their own out of bandannas. So they must be able to get them somewhere.

[earlyant-77]

I agree - I want some of those too!

Probably banned on here, though ........

[earlyant-77]

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@mrdutch1001 wrote:

and guess which site will also be remembered as the one that encouraged sellers to capitalize on this crisis ...you don't think that site saw a grand opportunity to make $ for itself? That site is just as greedy as its sellers and making the most of this situation.

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Yeah, they will rake in the big bucks for the 4.75 masks ........... 🙄

People want to buy them, so someone needs to be able to sell them. Or do you think everyone should get them for free?

[andrew547]

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@mrdutch1001 wrote:

No it is not time for eBay to lift its ban!

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You can buy masks (home-made and otherwise) on ebay's competitors, including Amazon and Etsy.

Perhaps you work for one of them?

[dhbookds]

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@mrdutch1001 wrote:

and guess which site will also be remembered as the one that encouraged sellers to capitalize on this crisis ...you don't think that site saw a grand opportunity to make $ for itself? That site is just as greedy as its sellers and making the most of this situation.

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I don't understand this thinking..........  the "real" mask sales are certainly making money for those producing them........why is it greedy for people to make something themselves and make money from it?  As one who did make the no sew ones for us, I was profoundly grateful to some friends who mailed me sewn ones.  I got tired of remaking the originals each time we wore them......and was getting ready to buy some on that "terrible greedy" site........

[jerzee908]

I'm in New Jersey, too (obviously). I ventured out to the dollar store by me today for some shipping supplies. They were selling masks for $5.99 for a pack of 5 and had a big blast-shield in front of the cashier. I then went to 7-11 and they had sanitizer, toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning supplies, etc. They too had a blast shield. I think there was trouble with getting most of these things at first, but now the demand has started to dwindled.
Craigslist also has tons of mask. Some cheap and reasonable and some absurd.
Luckily, I started doing paint and drywall work back in December and I bought a case of N95 masks back then and had boxes of gloves, so I've been good.
Long story short, I don't see masks being an issue too much longer. Stores are starting to get stock back in.

[chapeau-noir]

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@dhbookds wrote:

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@mrdutch1001 wrote:

and guess which site will also be remembered as the one that encouraged sellers to capitalize on this crisis ...you don't think that site saw a grand opportunity to make $ for itself? That site is just as greedy as its sellers and making the most of this situation.

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I don't understand this thinking..........  the "real" mask sales are certainly making money for those producing them........why is it greedy for people to make something themselves and make money from it?  As one who did make the no sew ones for us, I was profoundly grateful to some friends who mailed me sewn ones.  I got tired of remaking the originals each time we wore them......and was getting ready to buy some on that "terrible greedy" site........

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Kind of like complaining about the greed in capitalising on people's need to not go nekkid in public by making and selling...clothing!  I can say that few are getting rich selling on Etsy.

Cloth masks go well with Etsy's 'hand made' site (just be careful from whom you buy - there are a lot of drop shipper and Ali-Express sellers there).

[gracieallen01]

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

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ETA: And it's easier than what we had to wear through two summers of forest fires when we had ash-strewn air - then most things didn't work and we had those uncomfortable N95 types.

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It was no picnic when Mt. St. Helens first blew.  Talk about ash!

[nkmipgolf]

NYPD  handing out masks at the subway. Good for them.

[southern*sweet*tea]

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

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Cloth masks go well with Etsy's 'hand made' site (just be careful from whom you buy - there are a lot of drop shipper and Ali-Express sellers there).

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Yep. In some categories there's almost as much junk there now as there is here. Candles got really bad back when they opened the gates to "factory" handmade. That's when I pulled all my handmade candle and soap listings.

[mrdutch1001]

Oh I totally believe all those eBay price gougers and hoarders should donate ALL their product!!!

There is no consistent price of masks on that other site either...there may not be anything really high priced but there are most definitely ones that are priced a lot more than $4.75/mask.  Of course with the floodgates wide open there, it's all about quantity, NOT quality...so it could be interesting to see how many complaints come across for "not as described" or "faulty workmanship" or "poor quality" or "not what I expected",  unless they search the merit of all those sellers who all of a sudden became makers of product.