Desperate mums forced to try and buy £8 baby milk for £155

While the coronavirus has brought out the best in some people, with acts of kindness restoring your faith in humanity, it’s also brought out the worst in some cases.

An example of this is panic buying, with some people hoarding essential items and leaving nothing for others who desperately need them.

This selfishness has been epitomised by the stockpiling of toilet roll and pasta, but has also extended to other essentials like bread, handwash and baby milk.

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One of the worst instances of selfishness the coronavirus pandemic has brought about, is greedy bastards buying up all the baby milk so some families are forced to go without, with some even trying to flog it for ridiculous prices online.

Baby milk has been spotted going for as much as 19 times its price on eBay, with one listing for an 800g tin of Cow and Gate reaching £155 with four days to go, and 18 bids on it.

This would usually RRP at around £7.99, and the seller claimed they’d ‘bought the wrong milk from the supermarket and lost their receipt’ – when confronted, they removed the listing.

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Another listing sees three 800g tins of Aptamil currently going for £47 with £15 postage – double the regular price as it stands – with two and a half days still left on the listing.

A six pack of Aptamil also went for £107.42, when they usually retail for around £10 each.

On March 7th Keith Bristow shared a photo of a trolley stacked with baby milk in his local Asda, writing: “My daughter called me to say that her local Asda in Birmingham had sold out of baby milk. Unbelievable. I found plenty in the Asda in Bedminster, Bristol, so picked up two boxes.

“On my way around the shop I saw a gent with at 20 boxes in a trolley… he must have been at least 60… so either he’s a mature father of 20 kids or he’s got a lot of grandchildren… perish the thought that he could be trying to sell it on Ebay and hike the price!!”

Please everyone, in these troubling times make sure we’re looking out for each other and not panic buying, so there’s enough for the people who need it.