Price Gouging

[pimpingcards]

In March 2020 I informed eBay of price gouging.  Listed were $4.00 cans of Lysol for $40 to $60 dollars.  I checked back 30 days later, no change.  I checked again in May, no change.  I called eBay again and was reassured they would be pulled, again no change.  As of my last check and then running the Lysol totals, eBay had profited about $266,00.00 off the price gouging.  Makes since why they did not pull the listings or put a watch dog over it.  This got me thinking, what else have they allowed as far as price gouging?  eBay profits of the pain and death due to Covid 19 and shound take the hundreds o

[muskingum_relics]

I seen that as well ! I hope the feds go in and shut them down totally  ! And I am not kidding about that ! Ebay does not care as long as they make their end of it !

[jimsvinylvault]

Wow....interesting.  Never thought of that angle.  I sell 45rpm records, so where required (based upon storage dust/dirt) I clean my records with a cotton ball and some isopropyl rubbing alcohol.  Recently I noticed that my current bottle was running low, so I tried to buy some from my local grocery store and pharmacy...no luck... hoarders for whatever use.   SO, I recently decided to see if they were offered within eBay.  I saw SEVERAL LISTINGS for the same 32 FL OZ bottle that I have...prices ranging from $15.99 to $39.99.  I almost bought one, but one of my daughters bought one for me from a pharmacy on her side of town....price was $3.99.  I was shocked at how close I came to being ripped-off......and now this.   Just ugly on everyone's part.

[computeraidllc]

Price gouging isn't Federal but State. I would take screen shots of the listings and send a report to you states attorney generals office.

I know I have reported individual listings and they do get removed but there are so many, eBay can only take down so many in a day. They are pretty much take one down and two new ones pop up. They cannot take them down fast enough.