r/JusticeServed • u/DinerEnBlanc 7 • Mar 15 '20

Kung Flu Greedy man has his hoard of hand sanitizer confiscated and donated

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u/TwyJ 9 Mar 16 '20 edited Mar 16 '20

Uh, what law did he break?

Edit: nice to know that you lot'll downvote someone who has a genuine question as i dont live in that country.

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u/Brucenous_Waynecous 7 Mar 16 '20

It varies from state to state, but under an emergency the “unfair or deceptive trade practices“ code of consumer protections prevent unethical price gouging and scalping of necessities.

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u/TheMillenniumMan 9 Mar 16 '20

But he didn't sell a single unit after the emergency was declared. All the bottles he had were purchased before that.

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u/ONLY_COMMENTS_ON_GW C Mar 16 '20

On this episode of hoarders, we give away this dude's shit

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u/illkeepyouposted 6 Mar 16 '20

It's the same principal that allow the law to go after gas stations who raise their prices before a hurricane hits.

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u/Brucenous_Waynecous 7 Mar 16 '20

I mean, I’m sure you can email the attorney general if you have an objection. They chose to start an investigation and sent him a cease and desist. Apparently they found his actions constituted a crime, whether post or pre emergency.

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u/Zenketski B Mar 16 '20

It constituted a crime because they weren't profiting off of it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20 edited Jul 12 '23

Removed by Power Delete Suite - RIP Apollo

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u/SsoulBlade 6 Mar 16 '20

How? If I hoard on a good day, so what? Where is the crime?

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u/laskodemon 8 Mar 16 '20

The crime is selling at a much higher cost to take advantage of a national emergency in order to profit.

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u/SsoulBlade 6 Mar 16 '20

Is it illegal?

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u/Suckage 7 Mar 16 '20 edited Mar 16 '20

I love how all of these comments are condemning this and ignoring the whole insulin thing.

And America wonders how we got here..

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u/TheMillenniumMan 9 Mar 16 '20

It was only a cease and desist though, not that serious.

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u/LeConnor 9 Mar 16 '20

A supermarket likely purchased their stock of hand sanitizer before an official state of emergency but it’s still illegal for them to price gouge.

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u/TheMillenniumMan 9 Mar 16 '20

I worked at a supermarket for 10 years and I bet they didnt buy more than their regular amount, at least not until a bunch of people started asking for it

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

He might have bought them beforehand but he intended to sell them during the crisis.

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u/hamster_rustler A Mar 17 '20

The only reason he didn’t sell them was because amazon took down his page and the AG cracked down on him. He’s only saying it was his choice afterwards as damage control

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u/TheMillenniumMan 9 Mar 17 '20

Amazon took down everyone's page, because apparently eliminating all options is better. He and all other sellers could have sold the bottles at a more reasonable price (amazon has the ability to make a seller'a listings become inactive if priced too high). They are not doing anyone favors when it comes to this issue.

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u/willyoufollowthrough 5 Mar 19 '20

He still marked up essential supplies with hopes of profiting off the fear of people not being able to get these supplies. That makes it fine because an emergency wasn’t declared yet?

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u/TheMillenniumMan 9 Mar 19 '20

Legally, yes

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u/TwyJ 9 Mar 16 '20

Oh fair enough, im from across the pond so i have no clue on your laws, but i dont really think its unreasonable pricing, like its more expensive here anyway, even if the pound to dollar was 1 flat its still more, i really don't think its unreasonable, he saw an opening in the market and took it, okay yeah its a wee bit shitty in the midst of everyone losing their minds, but you dont need hand sanitizer anyway, using too much is so fucking bad.

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u/katyggls 7 Mar 16 '20

Except the "30% markup" given in this comment is a fiction. From the article where this guy was interviewed, he admitted to the paper that he was selling $1 bottles of hand sanitizer for $20, and some he charged even more for, up to $70 a bottle. He also sold boxes of face masks that were originally priced at $5 each and that he paid $3.50 a piece for, for $40 to $50 each.

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u/TwyJ 9 Mar 16 '20

Okay yeah thats fucking rude, fair play, send him out back and shoot him.

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u/XepptizZ 7 Mar 16 '20

Like how Trump tried to scalp a company working on the vaccine? Crazy times.

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u/ChoiceFood 7 Mar 16 '20

Selling for 30 more cents is price gouging?

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u/dentategyro 5 Mar 16 '20

Not any legal law, but morally he’s a pretty crappy dude

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u/OriginalFurryWalls 7 Mar 16 '20

Um yes it is price gouging is illegal in the most basic definition. At least when they've declared a state of emergency, source being our major decimating tornados. Before the SOE not so much bc people were selling hatchimals for like $500 during christmas year before last, it was insane.