3 ms·
Just say the price went up due to unexpectedly high demand. I did say that. The issue is that I need 2 names: a name for the stores charging $450 (and are out
by davidmathers 17y ago
Just say the price went up due to unexpectedly high demand.
I did say that. The issue is that I need 2 names: a name for the stores charging $450 (and are out of stock) and another name for the stores charging $600+.
I chose "gouging" and "non-gouging". Concise, and everyone who read it understood what I meant to say. I'm not seeing any real alternatives being offered, except to replace clear, concise, universally understood words with tedious explanations.
- anamax 17y ago> I chose "gouging" and "non-gouging". Why the nice name for a supplier who doesn't, you know, supply? Discount camera stores are infamous for advertising things at great prices to get you in the store but being out of stock. It's a crappy way to do biz and should have a crappy name; "non-gouging" doesn't qualify.
- davidmathers 17y agoWhy the nice name for a supplier who doesn't, you know, supply? Again with the criticize-without-offering-alternative. Discount camera stores are infamous for advertising things at great prices to get you in the store but being out of stock. It's a crappy way to do biz and should have a crappy name; "non-gouging" doesn't qualify. Right, that's called bait and switch. No relation to price gouging.
- anamax 17y ago> Right, that's called bait and switch. No relation to price gouging. Actually, I didn't describe bait and switch. And, even if I did, the question isn't whether that bad behavior has any relationship to price-gouging, the question is whether suppliers who engage in crappy behavior should be given good labels. Suppliers who advertise at prices and don't come through are crappy, regardless of what they do after not coming through. Calling them "non-gouging" is inappropriate.