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Originally posted by artplumber
Hope that when a tornado rolls through your neighborhood, or perhaps even a hurricane you still feel the same way about price gouging.
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We're right in hurricane alley (just west of Charleston, SC).
Unfortunately, I'm already being negatively affected by the idiotic "anti-price gouging" mentality.
For years I've had to maintain a few thousand dollars worth of equipment I don't need. I would have preferred -- and my overall costs would be much lower -- to just pay 3, 4 or 5 times the cost for what I need when I need it. I know though, that the anti-price gouging laws my local community has in place will mean I won't be able to deal with other legitimate business people and buy what I need after a hurricane. Nice people simply won't come into the area after a storm to sell supplies if they know they risk being arrested for doing so.
The anti-price gouging laws take away
my choices as a consumer, and on the larger economic level work against getting supplies where they are desperately needed.