Amazon struggles to halt tide of coronavirus profiteers
by Zoe Wood from on (#506KP)
Company removes thousands of listings raising cost of masks and sanitiser by up to 2,000%
Amazon is struggling to prevent profiteering as "bad actors" attempt to cash in on coronavirus fears by raising prices of masks and sanitisers by as much as 2,000%.
The US company said it had removed "tens of thousands" of listings but analysts have likened the situation to a game of whack-a-mole with products reappearing soon after deletion.
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