PRICE GOUGE

[veg1100]

WHY AM I NOT ALLOWED TO SELL MY ITEMS (MASK) AT OR BELOW WHAT OTHE RPEOPLE ARE SELLING THEM FOR? IS IT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE PRICE GOUGING? THAT SURE IS FAIR.

[ckimodog]

@veg1100 

If you feel these other sellers are price gauging you can always report them:  

https://www.ebay.com/help/action?topicid=4022

Good luck!

[whorunbartertown]

The same thing happened to me. I have a box of masks collecting dust because eBay won't allow me to sell them. Nonsense.

[solidguitar1961]

There is no such thing as price gouging unless in a state of emergency . If your town gets hit with a hurricane and you buy every jug of bottled water then ask $20 for a gallon then that is considered price gouging .

[stainlessenginecovers]

@whorunbartertown @veg1100 

When CV19 was happening there was a lot of price gouging as well as hording etc. so this site (eBay) stopped ALL sellers from selling until they were 'approved'). 

Nothing has changed at this sites end. 

No approval

No Mask Sales

[luckythewinner]

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@veg1100 wrote:

WHY AM I NOT ALLOWED TO SELL MY ITEMS (MASK) AT OR BELOW WHAT OTHE RPEOPLE ARE SELLING THEM FOR? IS IT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE PRICE GOUGING? THAT SURE IS FAIR.

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"eBay may restrict the sale of items that are susceptible to price gouging behavior"

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/price-gouging-policy?id=5106

eBay restricted the sale of masks  when covid  emerged, that restriction may still be in effect. 

But that aside, eBay reserves the right to remove any listing for any reason. And eBay has no policy stating that they will be "fair" 🙂

[iamalwaysright]

You need to be approved by eBay to sell PPE no matter what the price. Contact them to start the process.

[toomuchstuffagain35]

They still restrict hand sanitizer (even purse pack size with the cute holders) even though it's now and has been for some time widely available everywhere.

[fab_finds4u]

DIsposable masks are subject to the price gouging policy. Beginning in 2020 you had to be pre-approved to sell disposable face masks.  Therefore, it really doesn't  matter what price point you set. If you aren't approved then you are violating the eBay price gouging policy.

[albertabrightalberta]

@veg1100 

If you aren't one of ebay's selected sellers, you really need to end your listing.

[veg1100]

YOU NEED APPROVAL TO SELL MASK TO PREVENT SAW DUST FROM GOING INTO YOUR NOSE OR MOUTH OR SPRAY-PAINTING FUMES?

[iamalwaysright]

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@veg1100 wrote:

YOU NEED APPROVAL TO SELL MASK TO PREVENT SAW DUST FROM GOING INTO YOUR NOSE OR MOUTH OR SPRAY-PAINTING FUMES?

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You don’t need to sell masks to prevent saw dust from going into your nose, you just need to buy masks. And you don’t need ebay approval to buy masks

[stainlessenginecovers]

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@veg1100 wrote:

YOU NEED APPROVAL TO SELL MASK TO PREVENT SAW DUST FROM GOING INTO YOUR NOSE OR MOUTH OR SPRAY-PAINTING FUMES?

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i'm sure you REALLY know the story- but here goes:

The original 3M (N95) mask was sold in all Hardware stores for JUST those reasons. 

When Covid hit, those masks were determined, by the CDC- to be THE ONE, THE BEST etc to use to keep out the cooties- but ALSO as they stated, there are MANY other masks that will do. 

So, it's this sites prerogative to do what they want to do.

If they WON'T allow Socks to be sold, then nobody can sell Socks. 

So, again- 

no approval...

no mask sales. 

[onefootflipper1]

If masks were allowed to be sold here they would quickly drop to selling for pennies over shipping prices.  Take however many boxes of surplus masks you think are out there and then multiply that by 100.

There are boxes and cases of unused masks all over the place from individual people's homes to businesses, to warehouses.

[kensgiftshop]

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@onefootflipper1 wrote:

If masks were allowed to be sold here they would quickly drop to selling for pennies over shipping prices.  Take however many boxes of surplus masks you think are out there and then multiply that by 100.

There are boxes and cases of unused masks all over the place from individual people's homes to businesses, to warehouses.

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With cases going back up, they probably won't be unused for long.