Inspectors Checking for Price Gouging (aka Supply and Demand Freemarket Capitalism) at Gas Stations
“Price gouging” is just the supply and demand free market capitalist economy at work. Low supply and high demand means an increase in sell prices at the pump. I guess when the chips are down people don’t like the oppression of capitalism much……..
http://pearlriver.patch.com/articles/inspectors-checking-for-price-gouging-at-gas-stations
Consumers urged to report possible price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
By William Demarest
Consumer protection inspectors are out checking local gas stations today to ensure that motorists are not being ripped off at the pumps in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Officials in Westchester and Rockland urged residents to report possible price gouging so that inspectors can check those stations and their records.
“Our inspectors are out in the field and they are working dillegently to protect the consumer,” said Terry D. Grosselfinger, Rockland County’s director of Consumer Protection as he was checking the Costco gas station in Nanuet.
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