Callous eBay sellers have been branded 'disgusting' for cashing in on the coronavirus crisis after listing cartons of baby milk for treble the usual price.
A tub of Aptamil usually retails at around £10, but one selfish eBayer is selling two cartons for £60, while another is selling six cartons for £94.
Others are selling individual unopened cartons for £20 each.
Scots mum Kerry Lusk shared a screengrab to Facebook, blasting the sellers and calling for them to be banned from eBay.
She said: "How disgusting is this. These sellers should get into bother and banned from selling baby milk and all other baby products for a quick profit. Don’t know how they can live with themselves."
Another mum blasted the "disgusting" trade. She said: "Just looked on eBay and someone’s selling 6x tubs of Aptamil which is usually a tenner for £158.70??!!! The worlds gone mad it’s disgusting what extents (sic) some people will go to to make a bit of profit.
"I'm livid !! Luckily I've got some from an online chemist but god only knows what it’s gonna be like as time goes on."
Meanwhile worried mums have been told that they cannot order 'free' milk for their babies after supermarkets were stripped bare by panic buyers.
Manufacturers of Aptmil, Cow and Gate and HiPP have responded to rumours on social media that if parents call the number on the back of milk tubs, they will receive a case delivered to their door.
One Scots mum took to Facebook to plead with people to stop sharing the misinformation.
Emma Catherine, from Edinburgh, contacted all the big name formula makers and asked them if the rumours were true.
She said: "For everyone sharing the post about calling the number on the back of formula tins and being sent a case, I contacted several of the main baby formula companies and received the following responses from Aptamil, Cow and Gate amd SMA.
"The formula companies have confirmed that the post is not true and they cannot send cases of formula out to parents. Please share so that people have the correct information"
A representative for Aptamil told Emma: "I'm afraid it's not true and I'm really sorry to hear people spreading false rumours at such a worrying time.
"The World Health Organisation Guidelines on the promotion of breastmilk substitues strictly prohibits us from giving out free milk under any circumstances."
Cow and Gate said: "This is a false post that seems to have originated in America. We are doing all we can to work with our factories and retailers to get stock levels back to the usual levels."
It comes as supermarkets across the country have been stripped bare by poeple panic buying amid the growing coronavirus crisis.
