CONSUMER ALERT.

AS FEARS OVER THE CORONAVIRUS

GROW, PEOPLE ARE CLEANING OUT

STORE SHELVES.

PRICES ARE ALSO

SKYROCKETING.

FROM COAST TO COAST, RETAIL

STORES ARE SELLING OUT OF

PRODUCTS LIKE HAND SANITIZER,

DISINFECTANT WIPES AND MASKS.

A CALIFORNIA WOMAN POSTED THIS

VIDEO FROM A COSTCO WHERE SHE

SAYS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LINED

UP THURSDAY MORNING TO BUY

ITEMS THAT WERE LIMITED.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

ALCOHOL.

IN NEW YORK CITY,

PHARMACIES ARE HAVING TROUBLE

KEEPING UP WITH THE DEMAND.

THIS IS WHERE OUR HAND

SANITIZER COMES.

WHEN AN ORDER COMES IN WITHIN

ABOUT AN HOUR IT'S ALL GONE.

WE TRY TO KEEP A LIMIT TO THREE

TO A CUSTOMER.

ONE NEW JERSEY WOMAN WENT TO

SIX STORES BEFORE FINDING HAND

SANITIZER.

WHEN I WENT TO PAY SHE SAID

$50.

THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF

PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.

SOME SAY THEY WON'T PAY THE

SKY HIGH PRICES.

I THINK IF YOU GET SOAP AND

WASH YOUR HANDS FOR 20 SECONDS,

I THINK YOU'LL BE FINE.

ONLINE SALES HAVE

SKYROCKETED.

THIS AMAZON LISTING OFFERS FOUR

BOXES OF MASKS USUALLY ABOUT

$20 FOR OVER A,$000.

AMAZON SAYS IT'S BLOCKING OR

REMOVING THOUSANDS OF OFFERS

WHERE IT SAYS BACK ACTORS ARE

TRYING TO RAISE PRICES.

NOW, STATES AND CITIES ARE

CRACKING DOWN.

CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL

TOLD BUSINESSES IF THEY VIOLATE

PRICE GAUGING LAWS...

YOU BETTER BE PREPARED TO

PAY THE PRICE FOR YOUR LAW

BREAKING.

AND FOR ANY STORES FOUND

PRICE GAUGING THIS WEEK.

FROM NEW YORK CITY'S DEPARTMENT

OF CONSUMER AND WORKER

PROTECTION.

THIS IS NOT A TIME TO BE

TRYING TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK ON

THE BACKS OF HARDWORKING

PEOPLE.

OFFICIALS SAY MASKS ARE A