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I have avoided being in public as much as possible since the pandemic hit, BUT there are times I must shop or attend to legal matters that can not be handled on line, by email, Zoom, etc. I wear KN95 masks whenever I leave the CTL compound as well as disposable gloves,
I had to appear in court today on a custody matter because there was domestic violence between the parents. I represent the child, not either parent.
FEDEX delivered a case of 120 masks shipped a week ago from a close friend in Beijing. Total cost was $95 including shipping. I had also ordered a large supply of PPE as a donation for our local EMS as they are in short supply and that is arriving tomorrow.
When I came home from court, I was horrified to open my email and see one from YWN that was hawking a case of 600 masks delivered in the tri-state area for more than $2,300. Talk about price gouging in a time of need.I resent YWN selling my email address or renting its list for commercial purposes. It’s enough we see all kinds of ads on the pages
You can unsubscribe from the email ads.
Mustv’e been a real close friend in Beijing. 80 cents a piece is a steal. Complaining about price gouging at $3.80 when local pharmacies are charging 10-15 dollars sounds remarkably out of touch. Assuming of course you are talking about surgical masks. If they are standard masks you raise a good point. Please clarify.
Beware of Chinese junk. Most of the stuff they’ve “donated” to other countries has been defective.
Is China our ally or our enemy? I can’t figure that out.
On a slightly side note, the N95 masks are largely ineffective on anyone with facial hair. Anything from even a morning stubble to a regular beard will allow air particles to bypass the N95 mask at the chin, potentially allowing germs to enter the mouth/nose.
Inflated prices is a natural market force which helps ensure that goods get distributed fairly. If masks would be available at 80 cents apiece to the general public, the first few customers would buy them by the hundreds and thousands, and supply would disappear. Keeping prices higher helps prevent individual hoarding by making it cost prohibitive, thereby leading to wider distribution. It also encourages manufacturers and distributors to be more motivated to take extra risks in bringing more to the market as the payoff makes it more worthwhile. Economics 101; supply and demand.
I just got a case of KN95 masks made in Europe and certified NIOSH for $2.50 apiece, not some china knockoff
CS: Model KN95 is China-specific. It is China’s equivalent to the N95.
Illinois just wasted millions on defective Chinese goods. CTL, the problem you face is that the masks don’t prevent Trump Derangement syndrome. I find it amazing how in your world China goes uncriticized while you can’t pass you any opportunity to slam Trump. Must be something in your compound walls
@commonsaychel though it may be of similar quality the kn95 is a chinese knockoff of the n95.
@ctlawyer China is able to price control because they don’t operate in a free market system. While doable, it would be far more complicated in US. Additionally, if there would be enough supplies in US people wouldn’t be willing to pay through the roof for them. There may be ample supplies in china but there is a shortage here. Price stabilization won’t solve that. And the masks have been seemingly fine but there have been reports of other chinese products being defective, tests, drugs, vichulu.sorry I rechecked its N95
Its n95 made in europe
It blows my mind that any intelligent life form can hand even a penny to china after what they just did to us. And to give them money so that they can profit from this virus is something i didn’t think possible. I have no faith in the business sector
CTL: It doesn’t shtim that your local ambulance corps used the KN95 for the last three years. The FDA never approved the KN95 for use in the US until April 5th of this year, as a direct result of the pandemic and shortage of FDA certified N95s. Previously they were not approved for medical use in the US.
@ctlawyer you are correct while it is not a knockoff, I was responding to his comment that they were european, not chinese. As far as price control, i didn’t say it was illegal or unprecedented, just complicated and unproductive. If the government would seize all masks imported by the private sector, the private sector would stop importing masks. You, I assume went the costs and effort to arrange shipments because you wanted to help your local community, but I doubt most people would do that for their masks to end up in Indiana. In a capitalist system, it is the private sector that will have to do alot of the heavy lifting and your idea will strongly discourage it.
Trump who declared the virus was a hoax
That is an outright lie. Shame on you.
Are you old enough to remember when President Nixon instituted price controls in the US?
Yes, and it was terrible. One of the worst things he ever did. It was wrong then and it would be wrong now.
Impounding them would also be illegal unless the owner was paid their current fair market value, which by definition is what they would fetch now, when and where they were taken. Which would defeat the purpose of doing so.
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