Amazon battles sellers over pricing amid coronavirus mask shortage - Business Insider

A worker collects orders at Amazon's fulfilment centre in Rugeley, central England December 11, 2012.The coronavirus outbreak has led to a shortage of protective masks and other medical supplies, leading some sellers to significantly increase prices.

Amazon has been trying to prevent the practice on its platform, alerting sellers who may be in violation of its pricing policies, according toMost states in the US have "price gouging" laws which prevent businesses from taking of advantage of consumers by charging exorbitant amounts of money during emergencies.

Instead, the AmazonBasics knock-off mask is only jacked up by 50%.

Amazon is blocking 3rd party sellers to dominate their own mask orders.

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