Some Distributors Are Price Gouging COVID-19 Rapid Tests

The owners of Thompson Chemists are not doing business with those companies because of how much they'd have to charge customers to make a profit.

Gary and Jolie Alony have kept the doors open to their pharmacy for nearly 30 years. But the last few years — and especially the last few months — have really kept them on their toes. 

Omicron pounded New York City this winter, just as at-home rapid antigen tests came on the market. The need was immediate and largely unavailable. 

The Alony's pharmacy was one of the few places that had tests on hand and for a low price. They purchased them for seven dollars from a wholesale distributor and sold them for $10 each.