Oregon PIRG: Coronavirus Worry Triggers Most Surgical Mask, Sanitizer Prices to Spike at Least 50% on Amazon
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020
PORTLAND, Oregon, March 12 -- The Oregon State Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release:
Amazon may monitor its marketplace for price gouging, but a new analysis by U.S. PIRG Education Fund has revealed that these checks don't always succeed in preventing significant price hikes. With so many people worried about Coronavirus, the consumer advocacy organization looked at the prices for two types of increasingly popular products: hand sanitizers and surgical ma . . .
Amazon may monitor its marketplace for price gouging, but a new analysis by U.S. PIRG Education Fund has revealed that these checks don't always succeed in preventing significant price hikes. With so many people worried about Coronavirus, the consumer advocacy organization looked at the prices for two types of increasingly popular products: hand sanitizers and surgical ma . . .