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Originally Posted by mineistaken
As I said, it is unethical, but should not be illegal.
Shops selling at regular rate may also be hiked out of their money (during the flood they have higher costs/expenses, presumably). Not that is is the same, but just some additional thought.
Basically I am liberal here as I said because of supply and demand which is the principle I believe in. During the flood - supply is limited, demand is at least the same or actually even higher.
So yeah, it is "not nice", but not a criminal offense in my books.
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If it were some luxury item, I wouldn't care if they hiked the price up, but when it comes to food and water and the basic things a person needs to survive, I think it shouldn't be legal to jack the price up so you can make more money on someone's suffering and sudden need. Just my opinion.