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Outrageous, if true.
Even here in the third world, we have stiff price control
laws that automatically kick in 24 hours prior, during and
weeks after natural disasters.
0 % zero percentage markups allowed. Nada.
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Even here in the third world, we have stiff price control
laws that automatically kick in 24 hours prior, during and
weeks after natural disasters.
0 % zero percentage markups allowed. Nada.
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Tinster, I don't think Americans believe in "price control" (what's that?)
I will assure you that would never happen in Denmark. That would be the NORMAL price.
I will assure you that would never happen in Denmark. That would be the NORMAL price.
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Happens all the time and it is informative to me how other countries treat their citizens (or allow them to be treated).
I can't stand it when something is one price during the year but more expensive when there is something going on. It's the american way but still stinks.
I can't stand it when something is one price during the year but more expensive when there is something going on. It's the american way but still stinks.
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We see it here in Florida every single time that a hurricane hits. Usually the first things to go up are gas and cigarettes. I usually get a couple of cartons (of smokes) a week or so before the storm hits.
People that have done it and been caught have paid some fines, but nothing else that I have heard of.
People that have done it and been caught have paid some fines, but nothing else that I have heard of.
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But, but..... Puerto Rico is part of the U.S. It's not a state but it is still U.S. territory.
They follow the same federal laws as we do here in "Da fiddy" It's just mail order suppliers that consider them a "forign country" go figure.....
Guranteed that hotel will pay heavily for that little trick. Price control or not we know how to handle parasites like that.
They follow the same federal laws as we do here in "Da fiddy" It's just mail order suppliers that consider them a "forign country" go figure.....
Guranteed that hotel will pay heavily for that little trick. Price control or not we know how to handle parasites like that.
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I mostly view price gouging as taking advantage of folks who are in distress/misery (i.e., the poor folks in CA whose homes are destroyed by the fire).
If a hotel increases rates in order to take advantage of an "increase in business" like poor people displaced by the CA fires, the management and owners of such hotels belong to the "pond scum, maggots" category indicated at the beginning of this thread.
And, it's a shame that government has to step in to stop such practices, but sometimes, it's necessary.
I say off with their 'eds! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hammer.gif
Pond scum, no doubt about it. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
If a hotel increases rates in order to take advantage of an "increase in business" like poor people displaced by the CA fires, the management and owners of such hotels belong to the "pond scum, maggots" category indicated at the beginning of this thread.
And, it's a shame that government has to step in to stop such practices, but sometimes, it's necessary.
I say off with their 'eds! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hammer.gif
Pond scum, no doubt about it. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
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Just wondered, did anyone actually find something that documented the price gouging out in California? I've always strongly resisted using CNN (and others) as a reliable source.
All I can find online are references to California's current anti-price gouging law, which was in effect as of October 21 (when the emergency was declared):
California Penal Code Section 396 prohibits charging a price that exceeds, by more than 10%, the price of an item before the declaration of emergency. This law applies to those who sell food, emergency supplies, medical supplies, building materials, and gasoline. The law also applies to repair or reconstruction services, emergency cleanup services, transportation, freight and storage services, and housing and hotel accommodations.
Tom
All I can find online are references to California's current anti-price gouging law, which was in effect as of October 21 (when the emergency was declared):
California Penal Code Section 396 prohibits charging a price that exceeds, by more than 10%, the price of an item before the declaration of emergency. This law applies to those who sell food, emergency supplies, medical supplies, building materials, and gasoline. The law also applies to repair or reconstruction services, emergency cleanup services, transportation, freight and storage services, and housing and hotel accommodations.
Tom