Community Chat

[leighagemini]

Already about 1500 cases reported in Fl.  $10/gal gas, $18 for bottled water, $200 night for a $60 hotel room. That's sick. One of many reasons I really dislike people

[wvumountiefan]

I will never understand how Americans will stick it to their fellow Americans. SMH. 😡😡

[chickenbutt]

Sad to hear, but not surprising.  I was thinking about this the other day, especially with respect to hotel rooms and such.    This is something I've railed against for years.

We would have events locally and, for that period of time, all the hotel rooms go up exponentially.   There was no other reason for it, other than greater demand.   I am vehemently against this.  It's just wrong.

It's even more wrong when it is a weather event, or other disastrous event, that causes people to HAVE to use these resources.  Wrong!

[ms traditional]

i have no problem with prices rising due to regular demand -  on season, for example - because people can just wait to purchase or reserve.  but taking advantage of a natural disaster when people are up against it:  that should be against the law.  one would wish that one's morals would inform them not to do this -   but we have done so much to erode moral behavior that this is where we have arrived.

[Kachina624]

Unfortunately catastrophic weather events flush out vermin of all types.  Anyone engaging in price gouging ought to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

[151949]

On 9/11/2001 my DH had to drive from Indiana to cleveland , Ohio then to Pittsburgh. He paid as much as $10/gallon for gas.  Clearly, the way the country pulled together during WW11 will never happen in this country again.

[leighagemini]

The FL   AG is already out giving citations, which is good, hope the fines do some good

[ULY]

Of course it is to be expected when the "gouger" gets heat but what about the people who are never prepared for such events and end up buying goods and services at the last minute?

[Kachina624]

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@ULY wrote:

Of course it is to be expected when the "gouger" gets heat but what about the people who are never prepared for such events and end up buying goods and services at the last minute?

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Should procrastinators be required to pay double, triple or more?  Why should the price change just because people are buying today rather than last Monday?  They may be buying late due to circumstances beyond their control.

[chickenbutt]

I agree with Kachina.  Nobody should be charged more for the same products/services.

If they started buying late in the game, they might find that the stores are out of things so that's kind of where they pay, whether they planned it that way or not. But gouging them seems unreasonable to me.