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17. Price Gouging in an Emergency or Disaster National Conference of State Legislatures

Sun Apr 5, 2020, 06:45 PM

Apr 2020

Scroll down to the blog article at
https://www.ncsl.org/blog/2020/03/24/price-gouging-in-an-emergency-or-disaster.aspx

States push price-gouging measures as coronavirus fuels consumer fears
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/states-push-price-gouging-measures-coronavirus-fuels-consumer-fears-n1163846

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I had the same issue with trying to buy 2 cans of Lysol Disinfectant Spray and it was priced @ $69.99 + shipping on e-Bay. Ridiculous!!

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This is ridiculous; price gouging [View all] left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 OP

Criminal. It's not even good for you. nt Laffy Kat Apr 2020 #1

Is there anyone you can report it to? EllieBC Apr 2020 #2

It's everywhere. HotTeaBag Apr 2020 #3

people can be very altruistic during crisis stopdiggin Apr 2020 #11

True, but I meant on sites like Amazon, Ebay, Craig's List etc. HotTeaBag Apr 2020 #15

remind me again stopdiggin Apr 2020 #4

Because I like it. left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 #6

Because if OP goes to a store to buy it EllieBC Apr 2020 #9

a poor attempt at humor, but stopdiggin Apr 2020 #13

My grocery store isn't sold out of much, but it is sold out of ramen. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #18

For people needing to work from home: dalton99a Apr 2020 #5

Prices of gasoline in my area vary by 26 cents. Tetrachloride Apr 2020 #7

Do they sell Ramen Noodle Soup ? left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 #8

Actually, check! That's not a bad idea. EllieBC Apr 2020 #10

Eggs delivered from Safeway are $10 a dozen CountAllVotes Apr 2020 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Apr 2020 #14

Coincidentally, just delivered this afternoon to my door from Walmart: musette_sf Apr 2020 #19