Prices of laptops and IT gadgets have gone up, consumers say

PETALING JAYA: As students have to follow their lessons online because of the movement control order, there are concerns that traders are taking advantage of the situation to hike up prices of laptops and printer ink cartridges as demand for such items increased from last month.

Deputy Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Rosol Wahid said as at Feb 5, the ministry received 15 complaints of high prices for printer ink cartridges, laptops and printers.“Out of the complaints we received about the high prices, seven were for laptops, another seven for printer ink cartridges and one for a printer, ” said Rosol.