Weren't these face masks about $7 or $8 a box before the C-virus?

[Invisibleflash]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0856QSDH6/?tag=ff0d01-20

I have not bought them in years. But they are OK for dust. Now a $100 a box.

Looked at Lowes...not one respirator or dust mask in the store!

 

[there4eyeM]

Market economics.

 

[Mr Natural]

Capitalism at its finest

 

[depotoo]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084VB1PV1/?tag=ff0d01-20
only $18 for 50

 

[okfine]

The scammers are out in full force.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/02/26/facebook-bans-ads-promising-a-cure-to-the-coronavirus/#a3558ad1fc13

 

[Andylusion]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0856QSDH6/?tag=ff0d01-20

I have not bought them in years. But they are OK for dust. Now a $100 a box.

Looked at Lowes...not one respirator or dust mask in the store!

Supply and demand. Supply stays the same, demand goes up = Price goes up. This is how markets work.

The reason Lowes doesn't have a single mask in the store, is because lowes doesn't want to be accused of "price gauging", so instead they simply don't have any.

That is also how markets work. If the demand goes up, and supply stays the same, but you refuse to increase the price, the result is there is none.

 

[August West]

Capitalism at its finest

A good capitalist leaves their conscience at home when they head off to their cubicle for the day.

 

[Andylusion]

The scammers are out in full force.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/02/26/facebook-bans-ads-promising-a-cure-to-the-coronavirus/#a3558ad1fc13

You link goes to an article about the V-22 Osprey. That is a strange link you have there.

 

[Andylusion]

Capitalism at its finest

No one does anything without a profit. If there was no profit in it, then those masks would never have been made to begin with.

Still better than socialism, where people are simply left to die.

I can get a second job, and earn the money to pay a bill. But being left to die, no matter how much I earn... can't recover from that sir. That's why multiple millions of people have fled Venezuela.

 

[Andylusion]

Capitalism at its finest

A good capitalist leaves their conscience at home when they head off to their cubicle for the day.

You realize that everyone in a capitalist society, is a capitalist right?

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

Capitalism at its finest

You know, Mr. Clean would not exist with out capitalism....bet you had no clue.

 

[okfine]

I have a case of 3M 8511BP1 particulate masks I use in the shop. Won't help for a virus. Caveat emptor.

www.3M.com/occsafety

Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

 

[miketx]

2 dollars each. Not bad.

 

[okfine]

The scammers are out in full force.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/02/26/facebook-bans-ads-promising-a-cure-to-the-coronavirus/#a3558ad1fc13

You link goes to an article about the V-22 Osprey. That is a strange link you have there.

Corrected

 

[August West]

Capitalism at its finest

No one does anything without a profit. If there was no profit in it, then those masks would never have been made to begin with.

Still better than socialism, where people are simply left to die.

I can get a second job, and earn the money to pay a bill. But being left to die, no matter how much I earn... can't recover from that sir. That's why multiple millions of people have fled Venezuela.

What are they fleeing from in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, etc.?

 

[Andylusion]

Capitalism at its finest

No one does anything without a profit. If there was no profit in it, then those masks would never have been made to begin with.

Still better than socialism, where people are simply left to die.

I can get a second job, and earn the money to pay a bill. But being left to die, no matter how much I earn... can't recover from that sir. That's why multiple millions of people have fled Venezuela.

What are they fleeing from in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, etc.?

Crime and violence? Why would you need to ask things that are obvious?

 

[miketx]

The scammers are out in full force.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/02/26/facebook-bans-ads-promising-a-cure-to-the-coronavirus/#a3558ad1fc13

You link goes to an article about the V-22 Osprey. That is a strange link you have there.

 

[Likkmee]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0856QSDH6/?tag=ff0d01-20

I have not bought them in years. But they are OK for dust. Now a $100 a box.

Looked at Lowes...not one respirator or dust mask in the store!

Thats because you're a meathead. You went to Homeless Depot and ACE too, right ?
Go to an online place(or brick in town) that sells 3M goodies or a local med supply or a supplier for plating shops,auto paints etc and ask them..... and quit being a Walmart type worshiper.Real suppliers may not take credit cards so you may have to go to a pawn thief near Depot, Bloze ACE etc and pawn buffys wedding ring for cash."Shalom" may get you a 2% better deal.

 

[fncceo]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0856QSDH6/?tag=ff0d01-20

I have not bought them in years. But they are OK for dust. Now a $100 a box.

Looked at Lowes...not one respirator or dust mask in the store!

Now who thinks preppers are.stupid?

 

[Mac1958]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0856QSDH6/?tag=ff0d01-20
I have not bought them in years. But they are OK for dust. Now a $100 a box.
Looked at Lowes...not one respirator or dust mask in the store!

Very difficult to find in MOST stores, I've heard.
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