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Attorney General Leslie Rutledge sent letters to Amazon eBay and Walmart which allow third-party sellers to offer consumer goods through online retail platforms. The letter notified the companies CEOs that Arkansass price gouging laws automatically went into effect on March 11 2020 after Governor Hutchinsons state of emergency declaration. The letter also praised the companies for their proactive response in preventing price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic and encouraged them to take further action to stop bad actors from artificially raising prices on basic needs products during this public health crisis.Arkansans have enough on their minds right now and paying exponentially inflated prices for basic necessities shouldnt be one of them said Attorney General Rutledge. I am committed to working with online retail platforms to hold pandemic profiteers accountable to the full extent of the law.Arkansass price gouging law prevents individuals or businesses from increasing product prices by more than 10 percent of what the product would have cost prior to the state of emergency declaration on March 11 2020.
