What is price gauging?

(i) Price Gauging

 Amazon is working to eliminate to scams and block merchants from engaging price
gauging as uncertainty spread on virus spreading
 In Amazons health and house hold category it had removed tens and thousands of
listings attempting to charge sky high prices for products in demand as virus
continues to spread.
 Amazon is also keeping their inventory large than normal orders from some brands
and manufacturers to guard against the bigger slowdown in manufacturing sector.