COVID 19 Aussie Sellers exploitation and price gouging

[natureboy1959]

Seems like local eBay sellers have done what this guy done - buying up sanitisers from stores so no one can buy any, then opening bidding wars on item. Aqium sells for like $6.50 but they are getting bids up to $100 for these. Unlike the US no action has been taken to stop there here in Australia. No wonder no one can buy toilet paper and sanitisers etc...

USA case:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/technology/coronavirus-purell-wipes-amazon-sellers.html?0p19G=324...

The supposed eBay policy

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/eBay-Announcements/COVID-19-Coronavirus-Important-Information-for-e...

Aussie Sellers - check some of these prices and bidding

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xaqium.TRS0...

[lyndal1838]

This subject has been done to death.

Take a look round the boards before wasting everyone's time posting the same thing once again.

[natureboy1959]

Then why is eBay doing nothing about it?

[sandypebbles]

Contact eBay and ask them, and let us know what they tell you so we all know

[shoppingbag*]

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@natureboy1959 wrote:

Seems like local eBay sellers have done what this guy done - buying up sanitisers from stores so no one can buy any, then opening bidding wars on item. Aqium sells for like $6.50 but they are getting bids up to $100 for these. Unlike the US no action has been taken to stop there here in Australia. No wonder no one can buy toilet paper and sanitisers etc...

USA case:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/technology/coronavirus-purell-wipes-amazon-sellers.html?0p19G=324...

The supposed eBay policy

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/eBay-Announcements/COVID-19-Coronavirus-Important-Information-for-e...

Aussie Sellers - check some of these prices and bidding

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xaqium.TRS0...

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I have noticed on these eBay listings that "report an Item" has been greyed out, so you cannot report them.

[porcelain_dolls_by_me]

It's called capitalism - I have what you want and for a price I will sell it to you.

Same with any commodity

[natureboy1959]

You failed to read the second link - with eBay policy regarding forbidding such practices. 

[natureboy1959]

I sent a direct message to their policy announcer - on one of my links. They ignored it and deleted it.

I have now contacted my Member of Parliament and will also contact my State Ombudsmen. This needs government and media intervention to force eBay to conform to their own policy.  I encourage others to do the same. The media will also be contacted with this. 

[shoppingbag*]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

This subject has been done to death.

Take a look round the boards before wasting everyone's time posting the same thing once again.

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I think everyone will continue discussing what they choose to, regardless of your demands to stop.

It is also everyone's choice to read it (or Not)

[chameleon54]

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@natureboy1959 wrote:

I sent a direct message to their policy announcer - on one of my links. They ignored it and deleted it.

I have now contacted my Member of Parliament and will also contact my State Ombudsmen. This needs government and media intervention to force eBay to conform to their own policy.  I encourage others to do the same. The media will also be contacted with this. 

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I suspect your Member of Parliament and State Ombudsmen may have more pressing matters to attend to at the moment than " forcing ebay to conform to their own policy "