also, please don't compare apple/electronics to potentially life-saving devices. there are no comparison. health care should be for equal for all. nobody dies/gets hurt because they don't have an iphone... //@Anonymous: lol. Ebay charges 10% final value fee, paypal charges 3% fee,shipping cost at least 3 bucks. The mask cost at least 1.6 dollar from China. I totally understand it cost less than a dollar before ,but material costs is raise a lot worldwide. After international shipping and import duty,the mask at least cost $2. OK , shipping cost in the US cost 30cents/mask, ebay charges 40cents/mask , paypal charges 12 cent/masks.So the seller makes about $1.2 per mask. Profit margin is 30%.OK ,Apple is making at least 50% profit margin of an iPhone. Is Apple price gauging?? It is fair , but still too expensive and I won't buy it and those masks are useless.But I just trying to explain "fair"
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By anonymous on 04/25/2020, 10:46 AM EDT
you really don't get it - it's not about how much the margin is. it's about how much the margin changes at a time of crisis and how people take advantage of it, ethically or not. If you were to seek medical attention now and the doctor triples your payment to help with his "margin", you'd feel wronged and ripped off, no? //@Anonymous: lol. Ebay charges 10% final value fee, paypal charges 3% fee,shipping cost at least 3 bucks. The mask cost at least 1.6 dollar from China. I totally understand it cost less than a dollar before ,but material costs is raise a lot worldwide. After international shipping and import duty,the mask at least cost $2. OK , shipping cost in the US cost 30cents/mask, ebay charges 40cents/mask , paypal charges 12 cent/masks.So the seller makes about $1.2 per mask. Profit margin is 30%.OK ,Apple is making at least 50% profit margin of an iPhone. Is Apple price gauging?? It is fair , but still too expensive and I won't buy it and those masks are useless.But I just trying to explain "fair"
Sorry to say so but I'll stay away from this kind of masks. You never know where it came from and what it's made of. A lot of illegal factories were built in no time during last 3 months. They produced and shipped something that's supposed to protect people from fatal virus but actually failed to do so.
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By anonymous on 04/25/2020, 01:44 AM EDT
Probably not guaranteed as good as N95, but definitely better than normal medical masks, if you are medical practitioners, try to get N95 and stay as safe as you can. But if you are regular people trying to travel safely on an airplane, KN95 is still a decent choice.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 10:33 PM EDT
I just received mine from them two days ago. //@anonymous: snow joe still have kn95 masks
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 10:30 PM EDT
This is very fair price. Even Walmart used to sell KN95 masks for around $4 each.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 10:15 PM EDT
If you are going to take an airplane, better to wear N95/KN95 than surgical/procedure mask. Suggest to buy some if you don't have. You never know when you need them.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 09:57 PM EDT
They leak //@anonymous: snow joe still have kn95 masks
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 09:27 PM EDT
i purchased these they are not equal to n95. much thinner. cheaply made. wash hands and stay distant from others.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 08:56 PM EDT
Are you the seller? lol //@anonymous: lol. Ebay charges 10% final value fee, paypal charges 3% fee,shipping cost at least 3 bucks. The mask cost at least 1.6 dollar from China. I totally understand it cost less than a dollar before ,but material costs is raise a lot worldwide. After international shipping and import duty,the mask at least cost $2. OK , shipping cost in the US cost 30cents/mask, ebay charges 40cents/mask , paypal charges 12 cent/masks.So the seller makes about $1.2 per mask. Profit margin is 30%.OK ,Apple is making at least 50% profit margin of an iPhone. Is Apple price gauging?? It is fair , but still too expensive and I won't buy it and those masks are useless.But I just trying to explain "fair"
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 08:45 PM EDT
Just go buy and wear a mask. China has way more population but less infected patient because everyone in China is wasting a mask. Why can’t people learn from others’ experience.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 08:37 PM EDT
Not good
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 08:25 PM EDT
What is there to be "aware"? It states KN95. Where do you think some of the N95 comes from ... China... same manufacturer, just took of the K. //@Anonymous: These are not N95. Beware
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 08:24 PM EDT
snow joe still have kn95 masks
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 08:05 PM EDT
What “K” stand for?? //@anonymous: KN95 != N95
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 08:00 PM EDT
Those masks are useful, but not as helpful if you use them for daily errand. //@anonymous: lol. Ebay charges 10% final value fee, paypal charges 3% fee,shipping cost at least 3 bucks. The mask cost at least 1.6 dollar from China. I totally understand it cost less than a dollar before ,but material costs is raise a lot worldwide. After international shipping and import duty,the mask at least cost $2. OK , shipping cost in the US cost 30cents/mask, ebay charges 40cents/mask , paypal charges 12 cent/masks.So the seller makes about $1.2 per mask. Profit margin is 30%.OK ,Apple is making at least 50% profit margin of an iPhone. Is Apple price gauging?? It is fair , but still too expensive and I won't buy it and those masks are useless.But I just trying to explain "fair"
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 07:58 PM EDT
KN95 is the Chinese equivalent of N95. US FDA now accepts KN95 as N95 replacement //@anonymous: KN95 != N95
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 07:46 PM EDT
KN95 != N95
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 07:39 PM EDT
I bought five from Amazon and spent $16. It took about 40 days to get them from the time I placed the order. It came from some part of China. However, the most disappointing part is it is not N95 mask. So be careful!
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 07:37 PM EDT
lol. Ebay charges 10% final value fee, paypal charges 3% fee,shipping cost at least 3 bucks. The mask cost at least 1.6 dollar from China. I totally understand it cost less than a dollar before ,but material costs is raise a lot worldwide. After international shipping and import duty,the mask at least cost $2. OK , shipping cost in the US cost 30cents/mask, ebay charges 40cents/mask , paypal charges 12 cent/masks.So the seller makes about $1.2 per mask. Profit margin is 30%.OK ,Apple is making at least 50% profit margin of an iPhone. Is Apple price gauging?? It is fair , but still too expensive and I won't buy it and those masks are useless.But I just trying to explain "fair"
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 07:37 PM EDT
Second wave of corona coming
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 07:34 PM EDT
https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/1791500O/comparison-ffp2-kn95-n95-filtering-facepiece-respirator-classes-tb.pdf //@Anonymous: These are not N95. Beware
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 07:29 PM EDT
The manufacturing simply can’t keep up with the needs! Price rising is just unavoidable! //@Anonymous: fair in what sense? prior to the pandemic, those masks were less than a dollar each, made by 3M. i guess it's fair in a capitalistic way - would you think it's "fair" if you want to seek medical attention and the doctors want three times of the usual money from you? //@Anonymous: Price is fair. Hopefully those in need can get them.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 07:24 PM EDT
All N95 or KN95 should have the BRAND name, e.g.3M, marked on the mask, in addition to the complying standard.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 07:19 PM EDT
Look at the oil price and you will understand what's market price.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 07:14 PM EDT
Not when this saves lives. Don't be cheap, just go for it if you don't have one. //@anonymous: Too expensive, looking to less than $2 each.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 06:52 PM EDT
fair in what sense? prior to the pandemic, those masks were less than a dollar each, made by 3M. i guess it's fair in a capitalistic way - would you think it's "fair" if you want to seek medical attention and the doctors want three times of the usual money from you? //@Anonymous: Price is fair. Hopefully those in need can get them.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 06:46 PM EDT
Got mine. Good ones!
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 06:40 PM EDT
One disposable mask for $4 is too expensive. This is price gauging.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 06:20 PM EDT
Too expensive, looking to less than $2 each.
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By anonymous on 04/24/2020, 06:09 PM EDT
Price is fair. Hopefully those in need can get them.
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