Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it illegal to re-sell products over the retail price
Make it illegal to re-sell products over the retail price, so that people can not make a profit from retailers or brands
Currently due to the Covid-19 outbreak,
People looking for profit are taking advantage of the current situation, items ranging from over the counter medicines, baby products, Cleaning products and hygiene to now food. Are all being re-sold on sites such as ebay at 5x to 10x or more over the original retail price. Stocks in supermarkets etc are low or depleted and panic buyers resort to paying the profiteers the over the extortionate prices on these sites.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303070
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