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#1 Posted : 15 April 2020 14:17:01(UTC)
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Have just been sent an email offering me 5 FFP3 disposable masks/respirators for £125 my normal supplier charges £25 for the same product! I know supply and demand affects the market but is it just me or is that mark up obscene?

Bigmac1  
#2 Posted : 15 April 2020 14:22:06(UTC)
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Utterly dispicable.

I would shout their name from the rooftops and hope noone ever does business with them ever

Mark-W  
#3 Posted : 15 April 2020 14:46:55(UTC)
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Mark-W

I tried to get some FFP2 masks from ARCO the other day, the PPE specialists, they've closed all local shops so only the main warehouse in Bristol open but they didn't have any stock. 

Strugglig to get stock now for my mobile engineers. Not sure where to try next. There are a couple of the girls in the office trying to source as well and coming up empty handed

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#4 Posted : 15 April 2020 15:05:54(UTC)
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The email i have claims this company will sell you 5 valved ffp2 masks at £160 plus vat! What would you normaly expect to pay?

The FFP3 were were £240 sorry not £125 that was the FFP1 - in still in shock!

peter gotch  
#5 Posted : 15 April 2020 16:53:29(UTC)
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Even have to wonder whether these are the genuine articles. Might be made to one of the various designs being communicated on the internet. Anyone for some child labour?

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