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He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them

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Re: He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them

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> Mr. Colvin does not believe he was price gouging. While he charged $20 on Amazon for two bottles of Purell that retail for $1 each, he said people forget that his price includes his labor, Amazon’s fees and about $10 in shipping. (Alcohol-based sanitizer is pricey to ship because officials consider it a hazardous material.)

If it's FBA, he only has to pay to ship the items in bulk to Amazon. If it's FBM, Amazon actually gives you a shipping credit (though when I was doing it years ago, it often wouldn't cover the full cost to ship it).

Re: He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them

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> Mr. Colvin does not believe he was price gouging. While he charged $20 on Amazon for two bottles of Purell that retail for $1 each, he said people forget that his price includes his labor, Amazon’s fees and about $10 in shipping. (Alcohol-based sanitizer is pricey to ship because officials consider it a hazardous material.) If it's FBA, he only has to pay to ship the items in bulk to Amazon. If it's FBM, Amazon act…

retail for $1. retail includes all the costs he’s citing. it’s price gouging plain and simple.
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