Kitchen

[Reever]

Shame on QVC and RayRastelli for price gouging. He is selling a gimmick (round hot dogs) for $83.50 for 5.25 pounds. I shake my head at anyone who would purchase this item. A 12 pack of angus hot dogs can be purchased for around $5 at Walmart.

[hopi]

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@Reever wrote:

Shame on QVC and RayRastelli for price gouging. He is selling a gimmick (round hot dogs) for $83.50 for 5.25 pounds. I shake my head at anyone who would purchase this item. A 12 pack of angus hot dogs can be purchased for around $5 at Walmart.

Price gouging with food on Q appears to be the norm.  But you will have the cheerleaders who will say don't shame them, even though no one is they are just pointing out the obvious.

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[Venezia]

In this instance, I agree with you.  That's the sale price and it comes out to $3.50 a "dog"?  The regular price is $101.  WTH?

I know it's up to each person to spend his/her money as that person sees fit, but come on.

If I want a hot dog, I want a hot dog.  Not something shaped like a burger, so that I can have it on a round bun.  If I want that, I'll have a burger!

I'll stick with my favorite Oscar Mayer, Angus beef.  I get a pack of 24 at BJs for something like $11.50.  But I buy them when I have a coupon and save another $2.50 or more.

[Tori3569]

Not something I would buy, but using "price gouging" is way over the top for this issue.  

Expensive?  Yes.  But price gouging means there's very little supply of something so the vendor raises the price because a consumer has no choice but to buy it.  

This is free enterprise, we will see what the market will bear. 

[proudlyfromNJ]

No matter the price of anything on QVC, no one is forced to buy.

[bargainsgirl]

I realize no one is "forced" to buy anything from QVC but I wonder if those who do purchase food items realize how expensive the food is.  I shake my head too!!

[Tori3569]

How could someone not realize how expensive something they order is?  It's been said before, but some customers don't care about the price of something.  Their money, their choice.  

[Love my grandkids]

@Reever Not gouging. They are sellilng a widely available product made by their company at a well advertised price. Hot dogs are available everywhere at less than this price.

Look up gouging for the definition.

[Love my grandkids]

@Venezia You need to look up the correct definition of gouging. It's selling something that is hard to find at an outrageous price.

Hot dogs can be purchased ANYWHERE!

[Mindy D]

People are willing to pay some very high prices from QVC for food. I can see paying the prices for the foods that are consistently rated as fantastic, but people are paying these prices for just about every food they sell. I can't figure out why they are willing to pay so much. BTW, the prices charged are not gauging. Gauging would need to include the selling of the food that's unavailable elsewhere and usually involves the selling of necessities.