If a merchant needed to fly in a shipment of generators to supply the=20
demand, send a truck to meet the airplane, maybe paying overtime to an=20
overworked crew on a holiday night, and other associated costs above and=20
beyond the normal delivery, just a small part of a semi truck load, be=20
able to charge an appropriate price including normal profit and=20
overhead? Should the merchant stock an unusual extra quantity of goods,=20
just in case there is an event where they would be in demand? Who pays=20
for the costs of that unusual stock?

What about that hotel room? If there is a disaster, probably the normal=20
tourist clientele is not going to be there, and the hotel is happy to=20
have the rooms full. But then workers to rebuild the area flood in.

We have seen here in Northern Ohio, plywood and other goods loaded out=20
in truckload quantities for hurricane hit areas, and have seen snow=20
shovels and blowers brought into the area by Lowe's or Home Depot sort=20
of groups. The snow shovels and blowers probably don't have the normal=20
sale price, is that price gouging??

The whole issue here is, unscrupulous people taking advantage.

On 11/28/2010 4:11 PM, Vitaliy wrote:
> Bob Blick wrote:
>   =20
>>> was terrible). Instead, they arrested the guy who brought a truckload o=
f
>>> gas
>>> generators, for "price gouging". I don't know about you, but I would
>>> gladly
>>> pay $1000 for a generator that I need to have electricity *now*, even i=
f
>>> it
>>> costs half as much at a store in another state.
>>>       =20
>> I call BS. John Stossel is the source of this false news item. He is
>> full of it. If it was true, real news would have covered it.
>>     =20
> Is "The San Diego Union-Tribune" real enough for you?
>
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080918/news_lz1e18zwolink.html
>
> Would you like me to find and cite the anti-gouging laws? Or would it tak=
e a
> copy of the arrest warrant to satisfy you?
>
> Vitaliy
>
>   =20
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