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Luis Manzano hits back at bashers calling him an ‘opportunist’ for selling ‘overpriced’ facemask

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<p>TV host-actor Luis Manzano did not back down from a basher who claimed that he was taking advantage of the current situation brought about by the Taal Volcano eruption by allegedly overpricing a special type of face mask he&#x27;s selling online.</p><div><img alt="" src="https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/push/media/2020-january/011420/luis-manzano.jpg"/></div><p>On Twitter Monday, Luis reposted a tweet from a netizen who questioned him for selling Cambridge masks, which is said to use &quot;The British Military Grade filtration technology to filter out nearly 100 percent&quot; of airborne particles such as those spewed by the Taal Volcano in Batangas, for P690, saying, &quot;Are you even real?&quot;</p><p>He then responded by posting screenshots of his supplier&#x27;s price list from 15 weeks ago, which shows that he has been selling the mask for a similar price even before Taal Volcano erupted last Sunday.</p><p>&quot;These were our supplier&#x27;s prices 15 weeks ago, so did we hoard ba? Nope! Nagtaas presyo ba? Nope! Did we take advantage of the situation? Nope!&quot; he said.</p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">These were our suppliers prices 15 weeks ago, so did we hoard ba? Nope! Nagtaas presyo ba? Nope! :) did we take advantage of the situation? Nope! <a href="https://t.co/bbM0HMoUPw">https://t.co/bbM0HMoUPw</a> <a href="https://t.co/cq02Omtt85">pic.twitter.com/cq02Omtt85</a></p>— Luis Manzano (@luckymanzano) <a href="https://twitter.com/luckymanzano/status/1216626745979260928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2020</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>Reposting another tweet from a different user, Luis wrote: &quot;Ate, 15 weeks ago &#x27;yun na presyo ng N95 or N99 CAMBRIDGE MASKS. &#x27;Yan presyo talaga globally... tinaasan ba namin dahil sa pagsabog ng bulkan? Namantala kami? Sinabihan ba namin o may inalay ba kami sa bulkan na pumutok para mabenta? Mas marami na po ata kayong abo kesa utak po.&quot;</p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Ate, 15 weeks ago yun na presyo ng n95 or n99 CAMBRIDGE MASKS, yan presyo talaga globally... tinaasan ba namin dahil sa pagsabog ng bulkan? Namantala kami? Sinabihan ba namin o may inalay ba kami sa bulkan na pumutok para mabenta? Mas marami na po ata kayong abo kesa utak po. <a href="https://t.co/menC2EsS8Z">https://t.co/menC2EsS8Z</a> <a href="https://t.co/lNWfgM7jvD">pic.twitter.com/lNWfgM7jvD</a></p>— Luis Manzano (@luckymanzano) <a href="https://twitter.com/luckymanzano/status/1216681463430561793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2020</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>Meanwhile, Luis also fired back at a netizen who claimed that while he wasn&#x27;t overpricing, he&#x27;s still taking advantage of the situation by marketing his products amid reports of face masks shortage in areas affected by the Taal Volcano eruption.</p><p>&quot;Actually, you did take advantage for the thought na nagawa mo pang mag-market ng products niyo and ngumawa diyan sa Twitter. Nang-away ka pa ng mga tao instead of extending your help. These are even your constituents who are affected. Bummer that you&#x27;d rather earn than help,&quot; the said user wrote.</p><p>Responding to this, Luis said: &quot;Ineng, hindi lahat ng tulong kelangan makita, kung gusto mo ipakita--very good. Kung ayaw mo ipakita--very good rin. Ang kaya lang kasi ng utak mo social media, &#x27;di mo gets na may buhay sa likod ng lahat ng &#x27;to. 2020 na kami, nasa 19tanga ka pa.&quot;</p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Ineng, hindi lahat ng tulong kelangan makita, kung gusto mo ipakita - very good, kung ayaw mo ipakita - very good rin. Ang kaya lang kase ng utak mo social media, di mo gets na may buhay sa likod ng lahat to, 2020 na kami, nasa 19tanga ka pa <a href="https://t.co/egWf2kZ3lW">https://t.co/egWf2kZ3lW</a></p>— Luis Manzano (@luckymanzano) <a href="https://twitter.com/luckymanzano/status/1216763433833488386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2020</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>In the end, Luis wished for everyone to &quot;stay safe and alert&quot; as the situation could get worse anytime, &quot;but let&#x27;s pray for the best.&quot;</p><p>&quot;God bless the Batanguenos and everyone affected!&quot; he said.</p>

TV host-actor Luis Manzano did not back down from a basher who claimed that he was taking advantage of the situation brought about by the Taal Volcano eruption by allegedly overpricing a specialized f