Submitted on Friday 20th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop auction / 3rd party sites selling items above RRP during this crisis
Ensure that during this crisis private sellers, retailers and the like do not take advantage of panic buying or unscrupulous individuals trying to make a profit from others fear.
Items that were readily available prior to Covid19 (items such as health items, hygiene items, baby food etc Make it illegal for retailers and / or third party auction sites / retailers (like eBay, Amazon, Gumtree) to permit sales / auction of items above their RRP
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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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303070
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