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Originally Posted by justinsain
I've lived in Florida since 1967. I've had to deal with many Hurricanes in that time and I can't recall even once where a business slashed their prices so people could stock up on items before a Hurricane which they ultimately didn't need.
However, it is very common for many of those same business to donate goods to those that were actually affected by the storm and are in need.
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Luckily, I have never lived somewhere that deals with this kind of thing on a regular basis so I don't have first hand experience in these kinds of situations. I know that most states have price gouging rules to keep people from flat out ripping off those in need. I don't think Best Buy is price gouging, but I think they are charging the same price for what is, essentially, a different product. One is cold, the other is not. You pay the premium price for the single bottle because it is cold, but here they are charging the cold price for the non-cold water.
I guess in the end, like I said above, it is all semantics and it is still water cold or not. I guess it is all part of what fascinates me about this country. We will go to war and fight to the death to defend each other's rights and freedoms regardless of whether we agree with how we each use them them or not. We will stand united and die for each other to stop someone we see as a threat to our country, but when it comes to money we will take advantage of each other in any way we can and then tell those who we bleed dry that they were dumb for letting us do so.