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> The amount of price raised is almost certainly to be greater than what is deemed fair in these cases from the law of supply and demand. That's not true. Pric
by jhall1468 8y ago
> The amount of price raised is almost certainly to be greater than what is deemed fair in these cases from the law of supply and demand.
That's not true. Price gouging is a term thrown around a lot, but generally it refers to drastically increasing prices when supply takes a sudden hit (due to natural disaster, often).
> verses spying on them in their own home and offering them products.
Spying on them? Are you joking? They are on Amazons website. How in the world is that spying? Man, more and more Hacker News is starting to sound like reddit.
- ntsplnkv2 8y ago"Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to when a seller spikes the prices of goods, services or commodities to a level much higher than is considered reasonable or fair, and is considered exploitative, potentially to an unethical extent." There are classic examples as you mention - with regards to natural disasters. > Spying on them? Are you joking? They are on Amazons website. How in the world is that spying? Man, more and more Hacker News is starting to sound like reddit. Perhaps you're the redditor - this is talking about Amazon Alexa listening in and judging what mood the person is on. Did you not read at all? Please, reread, try real hard to follow, instead of spouting your nonsense on here.
- dang 8y agoThe parent comment stepped into incivility, but you've jumped into personal attack. We ban accounts that do that. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and follow the rules from now on, we'd appreciate it.