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		TheSpiceIsLife on March 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: eBay bans sales of face masks and hand sanitizers ... > my point is that if the stores raised prices they wouldn't be cleared out for arbitrage or hoarding. There’s another version of this that goes: stores raise prices and are cleared out for hoarding and arbitrage. What is the price for masks that will alleviate panic and / or greed?

pishpash on March 7, 2020 [–]

The price they were selling for on eBay? Because you could get them.

TheSpiceIsLife on March 7, 2020 | [–]

For a limited time perhaps.

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