Recently I've seen very high prices of medical masks & N95 masks in various stores. I happen to have a friend whose family owns a factory to produce medical masks, and to my surprise, they can actually produce more than they can sell.
Therefore, I quickly set up a Shopify store (https://www.strassmedical.com/) yesterday to help them sell without increasing the prices. Technically this was easy and just took me about 2 hours, but now I kind of struggle if I should aggressively post ads on FB for this -- if this is considered as ethical by the general public.
Love to hear what you think...
You know the answer to your question about ethics already. If this offer really was as benevolent as you try to make it sound then you would not be wrestling with your conscience. FB have banned ads for masks.
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Well, I don't see why it's not ethical....it's business. High demand > higher price.
Cost of ads are increasing for chrismas period, airplane ticket is more expensive during summer, a water bottle in eurodisney is 10 times more than the price in a supermarket......it's how you do business.
No one is forcing people to wear mask (and by the way, not sure that those masks are helpful regarding this specific coronavirus).
However, I would see that no ethical if it's selling essential things (foods,...)
This has unethical written all over it, but I don't think you needed me to tell you that.
Honestly, I think that selling an inflated priced disposable mask to a panicked public is a pretty dirty way to make money. I totally get there's a temptation here as you're inevitably going to get sales.
But it goes against pretty much all health advice right now unless people are actively infected, and by selling & targetting ads I think you would adding to the problem, not taking away from it.
If it was being sold for a fair price, perhaps I could get behind the idea.
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Yes, as you say, if the plans aren't to take advantage (too much) of the current situation it could actually be a really good thing for some people trying to source stuff.
We have an event in a couple of weeks, getting any kind of masks, gloves, antibacterial soap has been near impossible (at a fair price).
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