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- From: markr@mot.com (Mark)
- Subject: Re: Price gouging (or supply & demand)
- Reply-To: markr@mcil.comm.mot.com
- Organization: MCIL
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 04:29:52 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.042952.22174@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- References: <1992Sep1.175233.16358@infonode.ingr.com> <182p5fINN2p9@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>
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- In article <182p5fINN2p9@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
- >In article 16358@infonode.ingr.com, john@earlj.b11.ingr.COM (John H. Earl) writes:
- >>
- >> Reminds of a time years back
- >> when I ran out of gas about midnight in New York city with no
- >> spare gas can in my trunk. Walked to the nearest open gas station
- >> and asked to borrow a gas can. No way - but they would happily
- >> sell me one for $10. "What?" I said, "Why you can buy one for two
- >> dollars at Woolworths dime store!" To which, of course, the gas
- >> station attendant replied, "Go ahead." Guess who bought a $10 gas
- >> can?
- >
- >Why is this any different from selling plywood at $30/sheet in South
- >Florida?
-
- No difference really, simply supply and demand.
-
- Well, actually there is a difference, running out of gas is a preventable
- occurance, while hurricanes are not preventable. (And Andrew was a hell
- of a hurricane, I hope everyone down in S Florida recovers from it
- soon)
-
- Mark
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