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Officials on alert for facemask overpricing

By The Nation

 

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Department of Internal Trade inspectors are prowling 10 areas of Bangkok ready to arrest anyone selling facemasks at jacked-up prices.

 

Demand for the protective medical masks has skyrocketed amid the China-based coronavirus scare, prompting the Cabinet on Tuesday (February 3) to add facemasks and handwash gel to a list of goods for which prices are strictly controlled.

 

Chartree Areewong, director of the department’s Bureau of Inspection and Operation, on Wednesday urged consumers who encounter high prices being charged for the items to call the 1569 hotline and report it.

 

If they make a purchase, he said, they should retain the receipt or take a picture of it as evidence.

 

“People who hoard or sell masks at a high price could face seven years’ imprisonment and a Bt140,000 fine,” Chartree warned.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30381634?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=internal_referral

 

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8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Department of Internal Trade inspectors are prowling 10 areas of Bangkok ready to arrest anyone selling facemasks at jacked-up prices.

'prowling'?

The use of the word gives a serious subject an almost farcical twist. It makes me think of Inspector Clouseau.

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There are places that are worried about high prices
With us in the provincial capital of LOEI
You can't get masks
And alcohol disinfectant gel

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

“People who hoard

The poor people with a fetish for masks,

7 years 

more than a manslaughter charge, 

 

 

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Maybe there should be a law against governments using the coronavirus outbreak as a reason for introducing draconian measures like 7 years in jail for over charging for a mask?Really?Wouldn't it be cheaper just to shoot them and maybe more humane as well.Looks like a severe case of lost plot disease. 

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10 minutes ago, leeneeds said:

The poor people with a fetish for masks,

7 years 

more than a manslaughter charge,

If they don't get caught at least they'll be able to breathe easy.

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Today I was in Don Mueang for local flight. No heat scanners or nothing to monitor sick people. No mouth masks for sale inside the airport.

 

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i would pay 10 THB for one mask but the vendors want 20 THB for 2 masks and 50 THB for 5 masks.

The problem is that the masks that do not depict dracula which one would like to buy are only available at 50 THB for 5.

It used to be possible to buy a mask for 10 THB but no longer.

 

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5 hours ago, Foghorn said:

Look on Shopee or Lazada and they can find many at inflated prices

I ordered two on Lazada yesterday at the same price they were two months ago when I was concerned about the air pollution. 

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