"OlBlueEyes" wrote in message
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Harry Krause wrote in
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OlBlueEyes wrote:

This is why prices are behaving as they are, and why prices ALWAYS
rise in any "crisis" situation. People who complain about $500
generators selling for $3,000 or $5 plywood boards selling for $25
don't understand basic economics. There aren't enough generators or
plywood boards for everyone, so prices self-regulate.

Sometimes, but more likely, the sellers are taking advantage and
gouging.

The stations in my immediate area raised their prices nearly $1.00
overnight. There's no shortage, there's no lines, and it's unlikely
all the stations just received thousands of gallons of higher priced
gas.

Actually it's LIKELY the stations WON'T be receiving ANY gas for DAYS.

It is likely the stations are making the same few cents a gallon that they
have always made.