But on the plus side, this is the refreshing gel type. It’s, well, refreshing.
Posted on 03/08/2020 5:56:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
So now people won’t be able to get the products at any price? (the Devil’s advocate/ Libertarian argument).
Soon we will have shortages everywhere, thanks to idiotic governments trying to protect us from “price gouging.”
Government should let the “invisible hand” do it’s work.
Hopefully customers will have long memories and rectify this issue by shopping elsewhere after this blows over.
And immediately,just like that, there are four intelligent posts on FR about this government intrusion into the market.
NYC has always been the home of the $1.00 5 cent candy bar.
So now the hardware store gets cleared out by one guy who sells them at street side stands with 100% markup.
But on the plus side, this is the refreshing gel type. It’s, well, refreshing.
Some people get it. I suppose some are highly intuitive, others can learn it very easily. If demand for Lysol spray spikes, the price for it will rise. But then producers will ramp up production and increase the supply, and prices will fall back again. It’s really nobody’s business what you want to charge for your own property. If someone wants to pay $20 for a can of Lysol, so be it. I’m sure you can get a 4 pack of Lysol for $5 at Costco or Walmart. But do they even allow those predatory stores to operate in New York?
Of course, $20 is absurd and only a desperate person would pay it, assuming it is extremely scarce. But almost nothing real is produced in Manhattan. They have to import everything. All the hotels and restaurants have to send their laundry out of the city, and have fresh sheets and linens brought in. Nearly all the food has to be imported and much of it from out of state. And they tax the gas to truck everything in and out of the city, they tax the bridge crossings, I think they even have a “congestion tax” for driving during certain hours (if not, they have certainly proposed it). But then the politicians want to grandstand about “price gouging”.
LOL. And that’s being sold by “The Deal Brokers”. Must be an NYC outfit.
It is the nature of sheep to be fleeced.
It could have simply been an ACE Hardware Store. Their everyday prices can easily be mistaken for price gouging.
High Prices. ACE is the Place !
Buy aloevera gel online and a bottle of rubbing alcohol. 1/3 aloe to 2/3rd rubbing alcohol.
??? Drop. In. Bucket.
The best way to deal with people like this is word of mouth. Don't go there.
“Price gouging”, otherwise known as free market.
If you aren’t rewarded for keeping a larger inventory, then you won’t keep a larger inventory, and no one will have the supplies they need when they really need them.
Stupid commies!
You know what would prevent this from happening? RAISING TAXES! Yeah, that's the ticket. That's the best way to help the people of NYC.
This is the kind of crap Schumer would be doing if he wasn’t a politician.
Heck, I may just go ahead with my posting of a bar of soap and a single bottle of water at $1000 a pop...
There are still plenty of price gougers selling on Amazon.
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