Amazon doesn't obviously have a way to report price gouging, so I'll just scream into the void here.
Why does Amazon aid (and probably benefit from) people price gouging for children's medications?
I'm pretty sure $50+ for 8oz of ibuprofen liquid suspension is unreasonable (Walmart doesn't have it in stock, but it would be about $13), but their fancy algorithms sure don't seem to notice or care.
Amazon is the worst.
Amazon is not selling that, it's a third-party seller. Most sales on Amazon are independent third-party businesses that just sell on Amazon as a marketplace. Less than half of sales on Amazon are actually from Amazon (where they purchased directly from a brand/manufacturer in bulk at wholesale prices and resell it at retail).
Amazon has internal mechanism to prevent this to some extent. But they're too busy making sure someone doesn't sell a rare signed first edition book for $50 when the mass-market paperback for the 20th printing is priced at $10. If you listen to Amazon sellers, they're constantly complaining about Amazon forcing them to lower prices (sometimes below break-even) in order for their listing to show up. I had this happen recently with a local grocery product I sell on Amazon. I and several others sold it for $15 for many years. Then Amazon decided that because you can buy it at Walmart (in-store only in my local area) for $5 that we're all engaging in price gouging. Leaving aside the fact that it's not available nationally, and it's getting delivered to your door within a couple of days. But Amazon is run by bots, not people, so they don't make the distinction.
As for the inflated prices, it's supply and demand. Would you prefer to not have the option of purchasing it at any price? For someone out there, they're willing to pay $50. So be it, they obviously value it far more than most other people.
