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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
How is he cheating, or scamming? It's his business, he can charge whatever he wants to. If you don't want to do business with him, you are free not to. No one is, or should be, holding a gun to anyone's head.
It's called freedom of choice and freedom of association. If you want to charge people $1000 for a hotdog, you are free to make that choice, and if people want to pay that, or not, they are free to make THAT choice!
I will never understand people's wish to take away their neighbors freedom of choice and to even limit their own freedom of choice. What is so scary to people about freedom?
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Not to pile on, he also cheated by telling his boss, the actual owner of the cart, that he was selling hot dogs for $2.00. He accrued fines and lost the guys customer base. So that's my definition of a scammer.
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You are right though - he can charge whatever he wants as long as it's posted (which it wasn't in the case). I'm a big believer in charging what the market will bear. Your customer base will let you know whether your prices are sustainable or not.
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