eBay

dr-dread · ‎09-03-2020

Shame on all the scum selling toilet paper on eBay. These scum are the ones stripping the supermarket shelfs bare depriving people of basic necessities and selling it on here for a profit.

If eBay actually gave a dame they should end all of these listings and that would fix the problem of shortage on supermarket shelfs as it would take away the main selling site for these scum.

Shame on eBay for allowing these listings.

go-tazz · ‎18-03-2020

@brerrabbit585 wrote:
It makes me almost miss the GSP/GST whinge threads.

I just can't stand those type of scumbags as they are the same as scammers in trying to profiteer and take money

from gullible people because of the virus.

That particular one with the 2000 rolls would've stopped a number of people accessing that supply in the shops

and they obviously have no scruples or integrity so shouldn't be on eBay anyway.

brerrabbit585 · ‎18-03-2020

No morals whatsoever, and no conscience. Didn't you just love the other poster's reference to the morality police? It proved they knew what they did was completely immoral.

I've read so many news article I can't remember what I read where but I do remember an article that said a lot of amazon sellers who send their goods to amazon's fulfillment centre couldn't send any more stock because the warehouses were full of toilet paper. How can that be? I thought amazon had kicked off the profiteers selling it. Maybe they have people who sell it at normal prices and they just had a higher than usual demand.

davewil1964 · ‎18-03-2020

@brerrabbit585 wrote:
No morals whatsoever, and no conscience. Didn't you just love the other poster's reference to the morality police? It proved they knew what they did was completely immoral.

I've read so many news article I can't remember what I read where but I do remember an article that said a lot of amazon sellers who send their goods to amazon's fulfillment centre couldn't send any more stock because the warehouses were full of toilet paper. How can that be? I thought amazon had kicked off the profiteers selling it. Maybe they have people who sell it at normal prices and they just had a higher than usual demand.

Maybe Amazon owns the stockpiles.

Mine was the reference to morality police and I don't have any toilet paper for sale.

brerrabbit585 · ‎18-03-2020

I thought a seller said their listing got pulled because of the morality police. Never mind, I must be getting tired.

I don't think they were amazon 'stockpiles'. It was stock that was getting replenished and sold to such an extent they had to give it priority because of the shortage, ie. even though it was going straight out again they still had to use a huge amount of space because of it being so bulky.

brerrabbit585 · ‎19-03-2020

https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/resources-and-tools/advice-in-a-disaster/price-rip-offs

Some very interesting information here. The fine for an individual who price gouges can be up to $500,000. If all the buyers were made aware that they can go to the ACCC when they're forced to pay the immoral prices being charged, they'd have the last laugh and the sellers would be really down the toilet.

How do we make this more public so some of these immoral people see it? It's a pity we can't see the buyers' IDs and contact them.

davewil1964 · ‎19-03-2020

@brerrabbit585 wrote:
https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/resources-and-tools/advice-in-a-disaster/price-rip-offs

Some very interesting information here. The fine for an individual who price gouges can be up to $500,000. If all the buyers were made aware that they can go to the ACCC when they're forced to pay the immoral prices being charged, they'd have the last laugh and the sellers would be really down the toilet.

How do we make this more public so some of these immoral people see it? It's a pity we can't see the buyers' IDs and contact them.

UInless the mug buyer is reimbursed, I doubt many would put their hands up.

Those fines, if collected, generally go into the government's coffers.

brerrabbit585 · ‎19-03-2020

Sadly, price gouging and profiteering are legal in Australia, so I'm not sure what the ACCC can do. It wouldn't take much to change the law though and hopefully the current situation will get some action on it.

The idea was that a few sellers might pull out if they thought they could end up being fined.

*tippy*toes* · ‎19-03-2020

@go-tazz wrote:
This mongrel has stockpiled 2000 rolls with a starting price of $10,000 which makes them $5 each.

I am not a doomsday prepper and haven't stockpiled anything. However, I do have 3186 rolls of toilet paper. 497 packets of pasta. 572 tins of soup. 397 tins of diced tomatoes ( it was a bad day, the panic buyers got there before me). 7953 cartons of longlife milk. 9848kg of mince. Go me!!!

Sucks to be you!

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I also have 8693 tins of baby potatoes

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Did I mention the 5,963kg of rice?

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No, I don't think I did.

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I am not a prepper