This image provided by the Michigan attorney general’s office in March 2020 shows what they say is a screengrab from the Twitter account of A.M. Cleaning and Supplies in Ann Arbor Mich., advertising Purell hand sanitizer. After customer backlash and a cease-and-desist letter from the Michigan attorney general’s office, the owner since said that the prices of $60, $40 and $20 were intended to be for eight bottles _ not one as the photo and tweet’s text indicate…
March 19, 2020
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One store advertised hand sanitizer at $60 a bottle. Another was accused of hawking it at $1 a squirt. Chain stores offered $26 thermometers and face masks at the “everyday low price” of $39.95 a pair, while a convenience store touted toilet paper at $10 a roll next to a sign reading: “This is not a joke.”