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By Mark Gruenberg
HARRISBURG, Pa.—Why are we not surprised by this?
Thirty-three state Attorneys General from both parties, led by Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro and including Minnesotan Keith Ellison, Kwame Raoul of Illinois and Maryland’s Brian Frosh, are going after five big businesses who let outside sellers use those firms’ online platforms for price-gouging consumers harmed or scared by the coronavirus pandemic.
Two of the offenders are online platforms of Walmart and Amazon, who are also notorious for exploiting their workers – associates (Walmart) and warehouse workers (Amazon). The other three online offenders are eBay, Facebook, and Craigslist.
Using a short report the U.S. Public Interest Group (USPIRG) developed, the AGs said the five big online sellers let other companies who use their platforms post huge price hikes for supplies needed to combat the virus’s spread. But Amazon posted some big hikes on its own products, too, the report adds....
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