#gouging

After getting hundreds of complaints about price gouging in Connecticut, state officials there have recently announced a new legislative effort to try and tackle the problem. Businesses are already prohibited

Doing the usual weekend thrift store shopping with my brother and our mother. In one of the thrift stores we frequent once a month I saw this picture When I saw the price I said to myself, "This can't

A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine received threats against his family for jokingly offering to sell masonry masks at sky-high prices. The hordes of anti-price gouging Bitcoin fans were swift and

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on March 4th. Under CA law, prices of certain goods and services (including food, toiletries and emergency supplies) cannot increase by more than 10%. Price

Hurricane Dorian makes landfall likely in South Carolina after devastating the Bahamas and doing a lot of water damage to the coast of Florida. There are reports of $4 cases of water selling for $9. This

Getting supplies to disaster zones is not merely an allocative problem. If it were, there'd be no need for prices, and "price gouging" would not exist. Any monkey with a halfway decent knowledge

Nvidia tells retailers to sell to gamers, not miners. What if you're both?!

Greetings My Esteemed Followers! Dale Everett with anarchyinyourhead.com with a direct hit!

Coinbase is one of the few entry points into Crypto for US citizens, and boy do they milk it. Have you seen the fees for buying 1 BTC? And just to rub your nose in it, you can guarantee that the price

Greetings My Esteemed Followers! Being Libertarian dropped this gem on my news feed, comment below with your thoughts.

What is Price Gouging? Florida Statute 501.160 states that during a state of emergency, it is unlawful to sell, lease, offer to sell, or offer for lease essential commodities, dwelling units, or self-storage

Local store outta water??? I've got some nice dime bags of H20 for sale - pure - not cut with any bullshit tap water

"During natural disasters, there's a sudden and intense spike in demand for the existing stock of resources. This puts upward pressure on prices, and this upward pressure has salutary effects (which

Greetings My Esteemed Followers! Curious as to your thoughts on price gouging or as I like to call it, the free market at work...

If the government sets a price ceiling (let's say $3/case for bottled water) what do you think would happen? The first person showing up would buy the entire pallet, then turn around and sell it for $50/case

Empty shelves? Or an expensive product? Is this price gouging? OR, Is it a rational and FUNCTIONAL market action? Economic theory in most schools of economic thought would inform that high prices drive

My doctor gave me samples of a new medicine. He apologized in advance for how expensive it was. I will wait to see. I asked him where the magic was with this medicine. He said they sell it at such a high

So, I guess it's hurricane season or something. I don't know, I live in Arizona. But apparently, there's a giant hurricane getting ready to beat the entire load of crap out of Florida's east coast right