Found where all the bath tissue, paper towels and disinfectants went: eBay

[CousinIT]

And get a load of the price gouging. Not sure how THIS is legal during a deadly pandemic but this is the US of Assholes so...there ya go.

[tulipsandroses]

1. They ought to be ashamed. My local Publix was stocked with Toilet paper and Paper Towels

Limiting one to a customer. Nobody should be giving money to these rip offs trying to take advantage of this crisis.

[Blue_true]

2. I saw one person on Amazon asking $340 for a bag of medical masks that others were

selling for $16-$24. Fortunately, most sellers were selling at the low prices, only one wasn't.

[CousinIT]

3. Feel free to report that seller to Amazon.

They will shut them down.

[Blue_true]

4. I didn't know that I could do that. If I am in there again, I will report that type of stuff. nt

[Laffy Kat]

5. I would go without forever before I would buy it off Ebay. nt

[CousinIT]

10. Totally agree. n/t

[Raine]

6. I hope

they end up stuck with it, greedy assholes!

[FBaggins]

7. Not sure I see the gouging

If it includes shipping I think that’s actually below the normal Amazon price

Found another EBay listing at $44 obo, but with $42 in shipping

[CousinIT]

8. I've never seen such a price for even a large package of the stuff.

Even two large packages. It's outrageous.

[FBaggins]

12. A bit high if you're picking it up in a store

Not high if it includes shipping something that bulky.

On edit - The price is actually below Amazon's normal price.

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B074CR89QG?context=search

[eppur_se_muova]

9. $1.60 per jumbo roll is price gouging ?? nt

[Sinistrous]

11. If that is a pack of 24 rolls for $40. that is a high, but not outrageous price.

You are correct.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Confusing Description

It says 24 count, but the picture is clearly a package of 6.
If it's 24 rolls, that price is high, but not nuts if it includes shipping.
If it's only 6, then it's outrageous.
No way to know if the picture or the count text is in error.

[Norbert]

13. My brother in law found toilet paper at Kroger

on a Thursday afternoon. Kroger brand but it works just like Charmin.

I'm thinking these people will soon be on the hook with a room full of TP as the stores become better supplied. Kroger, Costco and Meijer and perhaps others will not return this. Serves their sorry ass right.

[CousinIT]

15. eBay has responded...

I got an email from them too:

https://pages.ebay.com/update/2020/covid19/index.html

I am urging everyone, when you see people doing this, report it - to Amazon, eBay or wherever. I can see prices going up a little due to demand but people who HOARDED this stuff, stuffed it into their garages or storage sheds when this situation got started -- so they could sell it on Amazon or eBay at jacked-up prices - THEY are taking advantage of a bad situation and making it WORSE for everyone.

I have found websites and mailing lists these people frequent for the purpose of tracking what stuff to hoard in a national emergency (depending on what the emergency is). When the Coronavirus came to the US, they started hoarding and then started selling disinfectants, toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning and disinfecting supplies, etc at drastically jacked-up prices on platforms like eBay and Amazon. BEFORE anyone got a chance to stop them. These cretins LIVE for this kind of crap. They are Trump-style "businesspeople" who wait like vultures for a pandemic, epidemic, war or whatever and then they POUNCE on the stores and suppliers to grab all the stuff they will know will be in high demand -- in order to sell it at drastically INCREASED prices. And they get away with (and a LOT of money in profits) before they are stopped, which is finally happening now.

So...REPORT it when you see it. Let's not give these Trump University-style "businesspeople" anywhere to hide.