This is what America has become..

Props to them for trying and props to the sites shutting them down

Nothing wrong with either.

The story of America's founding isn't as much religious freedom as much as capitalism. It doesn't get stressed in school enough that if you weren't a noble you were limited. America was founded to make money

 

You're right I should not excuse gouging

 

I dont agree with the tactic but it is very common.

 

So you support price gouging during a national disaster?

 

Totally morally bankrupt. Blows my mind this guy would voluntarily do this story and put his name out there. What a scumbag.

 

What an *******. Stores should not have sold all their stock.

 

The market will adjust.... scarcity prompts price hikes and this promotes production. Obviously he will have to price them at an affordable point or won't sell them. In an emergency though if there is none the govt is in the right to confiscate and distribute the hand cleaner.

 

I wish him failure and ultimately a learned appreciation for why what he did is immoral.

 

Except those shelves were restocked the next day.

 

too bad it did not happen. I waited in a long line in the rain before a Costco here in San Diego.....the shelves were still empty when I got in. I expect they will restock the hand sanitizer after they are allowed to sell it for 20 times higher price.

 

Not really

 

I made a trip out Thursday (with nitrile gloves and a crappy surgical mask). I got to Costco twenty minutes before they opened thinking I would be among the first inside, but the parking lot was packed and there was a huge line to get in. Thankfully they opened the doors early because, like San Diego, it was raining in my area.

Lucky for me I'm a bit of a germaphobe and we have plenty of hand-sanitizer. Unfortunately we're not well stocked on toilet paper. And my wife and I hate the cheap stuff.

 

I am sad to admit I contributed today to the TP massacre. Two bigs stores had none. So I went to a little neighborhood corner store and the guy had just stocked some. I got 3x the amount I would usually get. It's so hard to avoid if everyone else is freaking out.

San Francisco's shelves are just about empty of so many things. I guess we've heard too much from Seattle and boy are things ugly up there.

Peace.

 

One store had empty shelves. Amazing.

 

Yep, it was only one store. The rest were stocked fully.

 

This is the same as Insulin Bro



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