I understand that selling some specific healthcare necessities is now against ebay policy, which is in line with Attorney General's request from 3 days ago. I respect the policy that is preventing items to be sold at very high prices, and thus, protecting the general public from essentially theft.
Still, to be honest, I recently brought Tylenol from a national chain store online that had been marked up by $10 with free shipping. Frankly, I needed the item and a $10 mark-up from a local seller is not that bad for getting it quick when I was in dire need of it. I am grateful to this seller, as some med for my healthcare was better than nothing.
Someone please answer, how else could I have gotten the medication when the shelves were empty at that time?
I agree with the above post that ultimately supply and demand rule markets. Sellers who are fulfilling genuine healthcare needs here, are still getting away with it. This is for a reason, that the need is very high, otherwise folks risk contracting COVID-19, which is a huge problem and a healthcare burden. Let's not forget that in China, people were given face masks and hand sanitizers to keep the illness away. We can't do the opposite in the US and expect that our virus case load will decrease, without public access to healthcare supplies.
Personally, I think there needs to be quality control and set upper limits on sale prices for healthcare necessities. This should be inline with their normal prices plus some allowable profit margin for the sellers. Say, Pine Sol cleaning solution is sold regularly $8 for a medium bottle, can now be sold at the highest for $15.00 per that size bottle. Really, I'm wondering that we already do this for many necessary sale items like gas for our cars, so why are healthcare items any different?
