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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 08:50 PM Mar 2020

Spokane seller accused of price gouging coronavirus supplies on Amazon

Attorney General Bob Ferguson has sent cease and desist letter to five Washington-based sellers, including one in Spokane, who are accused price gouging coronavirus products such as hand sanitizer and N95 masks.

The letters, which are the first from Ferguson’s office, were sent based on information provided by Amazon.com, detailing Washington-based retailers that “significantly raised prices on coronavirus-related products” between January and February.

The seller based in Spokane, identified as Devon Mahdi in a cease and desist notice dated March 26, 2020, raised the price of an eight-ounce bottle of hand sanitizer from just over $3.50 in January to an average price of more than $25. This is an increase of more than 600 percent.

Some buyers may have paid as much as $40 for the product, according to Ferguson’s office.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/spokane-seller-accused-of-price-gouging-coronavirus-supplies-on-amazon/ar-BB11YUn9

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Spokane seller accused of price gouging coronavirus supplies on Amazon (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP
Capitalism and greed will be the death of us all. iemitsu Apr 2020 #1
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