From:
Rob Toreki <info**At_Symbol_Here**ILPI.COM>
Subject:
[DCHAS-L] Price gouging. Was: Re: [DCHAS-L] Update from Yale
Date:
Jun 9, 2020 18:44 UTC
Reply-To:
ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
In-Reply-To:
Re: [DCHAS-L] Update from Yale
Quick followup on reasonable pricing. About a week and half ago I came across a site claiming in stock availability for cases of 150 3M 8210's for $2,600 (over $17 a mask). 3M is holding their official distributors to pre-pandemic normal pricing and has been very vigorous in pursuing action against distributors who violate their policy as well as taking both legal and civil action against outside profiteers, counterfeiters etc. I reported this rogue site to 3M at
https://engage.3m.com/covidfraud?utm_medium=redirect&utm_source=short-url&utm_campaign=covidfraud and they made sure that that page is now gone. In their followup on the matter, hey referenced this page which shows current list prices (if you can find them; don't know anybody that has them):
https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/1803670O/fraudulent-activity-price-gouging-and-counterfeit-products.pdf
I've mentioned before that price gouging and counterfeit stuff is rampant; the stories I've heard from purchasing folks will make your heads spin, especially with the number of people who were promised masks that were never delivered. A general rule of thumb I'll throw out there is that if you're a normal business/institution and they are asking cash in advance before shipment, you should be extremely circumspect and do some deep homework!
Rob Toreki
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