Price gouging

[auction_happy]

Has anyone else noticed a lot of price gouging lately? $19.99 for a bag of cat treats which you can pick up from the store for  less than five bucks. 

[emerald40]

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@auction_happy wrote:

Has anyone else noticed a lot of price gouging lately? $19.99 for a bag of cat treats which you can pick up from the store for  less than five bucks. 

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A lot of items here are way over priced.

So I just scroll right on past them.

But to be honest I would not buy anything here for my furbabies here, not with all the expired items being listed.

[goodluckselling]

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@auction_happy wrote:

Has anyone else noticed a lot of price gouging lately? $19.99 for a bag of cat treats which you can pick up from the store for  less than five bucks. 

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The USA is after all a democracy and eBay is a prime example of free enterprise in the US.  Not sure what or why you are complaining?

Maybe this will make you feel better. 

1. The seller who are "price gauging" will not make many sales
2. and the listings set up this way will suffer from little to no buyer engagement
3. which will make the listing start to fall off the charts. 

Also this seller might be using this listing as a place setting until they get the inventory back in stock so they price it high so the listing will not end, although there are much easiers way to do this, some sellers do not know how to set up this feature.

Good Luck Selling!

[thatsallfolks]

It’s not price gouging if you can easily buy it somewhere else. 

[rolenboy01]

Sorry but that is not the definition of price gouging.

[penguins_dont_fly]

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@auction_happy wrote:

Has anyone else noticed a lot of price gouging lately? $19.99 for a bag of cat treats which you can pick up from the store for  less than five bucks. 

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"Wishful Thinking", yes ... "Placeholder", maybe ..."Price Gouging", no.

Cat treats are not an essential commodity that is needed during a State of Emergency  (although my clowder may say differently LOL) and can be found elsewhere.

https://legaldictionary.net/price-gouging/

Definition of Price Gouging

Noun

1. The practice of raising prices on certain types of goods and services to an unfair level, especially during a state of emergency.

What is Price Gouging

Throughout history, enterprising people have recognized the advantage of having certain supplies or products, or being able to provide certain services, in times of upheaval. For instance, when a hurricane makes all of the water in a given area undrinkable, a shopkeeper who has a large supply of bottled water might make a very good profit. It is this taking advantage of a bad situation, raising prices for much-needed supplies or services to an unfair, or even unethical level, that is considered price gouging.

The most common items used in price gouging include food, water, gasoline, and medications. Services such as plumbing repair, heating repair, roofing repair, and other services desperately needed by many in a state of emergency, are also subject to price gouging. Price gouging is against the law, though the laws vary by state.

[emerald40]

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@thatsallfolks wrote:

It’s not price gouging if you can easily buy it somewhere else. 

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Price gouging is raising the prices on food, bottled water, gasoline during a natural catastrophe.

What the OP is describing is capitalism.  

[nawlinsron2]

Seller maybe doesn't quite understand the concept of price inelasticity.

[moby1]

E Bay should be ashamed letting thieves price gouging from cat treats to sardines

These are crooks trying to capitalize on the present situation No Morals 

[kh-vince]

Hello Everyone,

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Thanks for understanding!