you may have heard about the sky-high
prices being charged during the pandemic
we sent our producer out to buy hand
sanitizer you may be surprised by what
we found the price for hand sanitizer at
this pharmacy in New York City is insane
I got charged nearly 33 dollars these
three pens of hand sanitizer and look
how much we got we were told the same
thing at a pharmacy in Hoboken New
Jersey where our producers got charged
$22 for this 14 ounce bottle of hand
sanitizer
compare that to two months ago when we
pay just $7 for a bottle of Purell more
than twice the size pharmacies say it's
not their fault it's the distributors
who are raising their prices in the wake
of covin 19 charges 17 producer Josh
Bernstein posed as a buyer and contacted
the distributor acrid generics located
at this sprawling warehouse on Long
Island and ordered 24 bottles of hand
sanitizer here you want to just bring it
out we can keep our distance
a worker rolled out a cart with two
small cases of hand sanitizer worth $400
there's 12 in each box let's go now it's
time for our producers to introduce
themselves I'm actually a producer with
Inside Edition why are you guys charging
so much for this generic hand sanitizer
I'm not sure I'm not really familiar
with the pricing Lori are you trying to
take advantage of people because of the
epidemic we spoke with the owner of the
company who says the high price is due
to increase costs because of the
pandemic but he says supply chain issues
are clearing up and he expects to be
able to lower the price by 50%
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