Price Gouging Weightlifting Equipment
About 3 weeks ago I decided to go online to purchase some small barbells and dumbbells for my clients. I quickly realized that workout equipment was in short supply. The reason that equipment was and is in short supply is because of the quarantine. It appears that the moment we all got quarantined people went out and purchased weightlifting equipment they could use from home. I love the fact that people I decided to take their health into consideration and fully support everyone buying what they need to stay in shape during the quarantine. What I am not a fan of is those people who decided to go out and purchased brand new equipment and then resell it on the Facebook market place for more than 2x the original cost. If you go on the Facebook market place right now (4/21/2020) you'll see that majority of weightlifting equipment is well above the original market value. People are selling a pair of 10Lbs. dumbbells for $40.00. I have seen multiple people selling a Bowflex adjustable dumbbells and power blocks for over $1000.00. This is ridiculous. I know that some of you are thinking you can just go to Academy Sports + Outdoors (2643 NW Loop 410, San Antonio) Website and purchase equipment there but the majority of the weightlifting equipment is gone. In fact, if you go to websites of all the major weightlifting equipment retailers you will see that most of the equipment is gone. So, in this episode of the podcast, I rant about this topic and I also give some suggestions for what to do if you need to work out but don't have workout equipment.
