Fury as eBay sellers auctioning off hand sanitiser for £13,600 & single paracetamol pack for £2,550

A DISABLED dad has slammed "selfish" sellers on eBay listing a single pack of paracetamol for £2,550 or 12 tiny bottles of hand sanitiser for £13,600.

Matthew Allen, from Suffolk, was forced to scour the website for extra pain medication after coronavirus panic buyers stripped the shelves of his local stores.

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It comes after 2,626 cases of the deadly bug have hit the UK, with 108 deaths.

People have been stockpiling and panic buying supplies, despite supermarket and government pleas not to do so.

But after the Prime Minister told the nation to stay in as much as possible, and is expected to lockdown London by the end of the week, Brits have hit the shops to get food and medicine.

The 33-year-old former tattoo artist told the Sun Online: "The people robbing the needy to make a little extra cash when it could mean people lives is criminal.

"The people stockpiling because they are panicked, ok I get it, but at least it's to keep them and family safe especially if people are to be isolated you then know you have stuff in.

"But I was disgusted to see people making money off the back of vulnerable and scared people whether its masks, sanitiser or tablets.

"It shows that we are not Great Britain any more and the people that lived and died within world war 2 would be turning in their graves to see how selfish the generations are that where given a life by these people that sacrificed so much."

Matthew suffers with colitis and crohn's and has an ileostomy. He told the Sun Online he uses paracetamol as well as stronger painkillers so he doesn't have to take so much of the more powerful medication and protect his stomach.

The demand has seen some second-hand sellers take advantage of the low stock, such as putting hand gel which costs 50p in Lidl on eBay for £40.

Items listed for huge amounts do not always sell for that and sometimes they are joke listings or bids.

However, the NHS and Public Health England say the best way to stop the spread of coronavirus is simply to wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds.

Matthew added: "So to have it that people are purchasing it to make money in a war time situation shows how selfish the UK has become, and really maybe something like this will bring people back down to earth and realise with massive loss to respect what we have and grateful for the basics in life.

"I know people need money but we all do and we don't want to be taking it from people that need it."

An eBay spokesperson said: "eBay does not tolerate sellers exploiting other users. For several weeks we have had filters in place designed to prevent the listing of items at unreasonably inflated prices and are constantly updating our measures to control listings as the situation evolves.

"We continue to work closely with authorities including Trading Standards, and our international security teams have been working around the clock to remove any unreasonably priced listings.

"Where sellers are attempting to circumvent our filters, we are taking necessary enforcement action.”

It comes as the armed forces are poised to step in to take over hotels and run them as hospitals as the UK's death rate spirals and Boris Johnson prepares to deploy sweeping shutdown measures.

BRITS IN LOCKDOWN

Yesterday Mr Johnson announced schools will close from Friday with A-Level and GCSE exams cancelled.

London's transport lockdown will start from today with 40 Tube stations closed until further notice and the rest of the capital's transport network to be scaled back dramatically.

Further powers are also being looked at to keep people at home in the coming days and troops will be deployed in a bid to help the nation handle the escalating crisis.

Today we told how a frustrated Iceland worker lashed out at an elderly customer as coronavirus panic-buying chaos grips supermarkets across the country.

Nearby, customers are seen stockpiling toilet paper onto the belt at the checkouts of the store. The older man appears to be holding up the queue on the other side of the cashier.

Frustrated staff can be repeatedly heard telling the older customer to leave the store, saying: “Get out! Get out!”.

The PM promised a £350bn 'war-time' bailout to stop coronavirus from wrecking the economy.

His people’s bailout will be the biggest rescue package in peacetime.