The consumer group said it was now time for the government to step in with emergency legislation to cap prices on essential products to stop the practice from continuing.coronavirus
profiteering" which had left"some unscrupulous sellers to have a field day exploiting people by selling essential items at appallingly high prices". She said:"It is time for the government, working with the Competition and Markets Authority , to step in with strong action to stamp out price gouging and keep the price of vital goods reasonable during this difficult time."In response, eBay said it had"extremely effective measures" in place to combat- when a seller increases the prices of goods to a level much higher than is considered reasonable or fair.
The company said it had"heavy restrictions on the listing of some in-demand products at unreasonable prices" which had resulted in"five million automatically blocked attempts to price gouge, an additional 600,000 removed, and thousands of seller accounts suspended". Amazon said there was"no place for price gouging" on its site, adding:"We are disappointed that bad actors are attempting to artificially raise prices on basic need products during a global health crisis and, in line with our long-standing policy, have recently blocked or removed hundreds of thousands of offers.:: Listen to the Daily podcast on
That’s exactly the point Amazon and E Bay should be monitoring these rip off merchants.
My word. Go for breastfeeding, if not contraindicated. Costs nothing.
Women have fucking breasts for a reason
Buy one £5 Buy two £195 That’ll stop them!
This isn’t right I agree they should be a ban but I mean that photo is an eBay auction which means them people bidder it to £220 that might not be the sellers fault but either way I see the point just use a more accurate photo
Nearly as bad as council tax. At least it's voluntary and you actually get something in return.
Aren’t there emergency laws invoked. Can’t these products be confiscated and distributed for free to where they are most needed?
If people are stupid enough to pay the price, it won’t stop. Simple rule of supply and demand!
How about TUIUK refusing refunds even though it is against the rules and regs we booked under? Absolute thunder cunts
Haven't been able to get Dettol wipes for weeks now and ones on amazon are £40. Shocking
Too late.
If it's on eBay if some nut wants to buy it for some incredible sum, it's their prerogative. If it's on Amazon and a seller offers it up that amount, then it's price gouging.
I’m sorry but what will that do?
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