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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2053519" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>Where are you finding that gouging only applies to essential items? Just curious as to where you're getting your definition from. A quick google does not yield any results stating that price-gouging only applies to essential items (I'm clearly no financial guru though so I am curious as to what the actual definition is).</p><p></p><p>Gouging is just what it is - hiking prices unreasonably or irrationally due to demand. It's perfectly fine and nobody on this board is proposing legislation to stop the free-market process of charging what you want - but manufacturers have a right to sell to whom they want as well - and they're exercising their right to not sell to those who price-gouge.</p><p></p><p>Also, the free market has little to do with the fact that the government is proposing legislation that severely affects the gun-market as a whole (especially when that legislation says you cannot transfer, sell, buy, import, etc. after XYZ date) - that is by definition the opposite of free market capitalism.</p><p></p><p>I'll add that for price-gouging to affect this message board is a bit disheartening since so many people enjoy this place for more than just the classifieds and I know for a fact that more than a few folks are now to the point where they do a quick search to see if a member is price-gouging before they will dole out free advice to that same member. </p><p></p><p>Just seems like it's negatively affecting this message board and I hate to see that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 2053519, member: 229"] Where are you finding that gouging only applies to essential items? Just curious as to where you're getting your definition from. A quick google does not yield any results stating that price-gouging only applies to essential items (I'm clearly no financial guru though so I am curious as to what the actual definition is). Gouging is just what it is - hiking prices unreasonably or irrationally due to demand. It's perfectly fine and nobody on this board is proposing legislation to stop the free-market process of charging what you want - but manufacturers have a right to sell to whom they want as well - and they're exercising their right to not sell to those who price-gouge. Also, the free market has little to do with the fact that the government is proposing legislation that severely affects the gun-market as a whole (especially when that legislation says you cannot transfer, sell, buy, import, etc. after XYZ date) - that is by definition the opposite of free market capitalism. I'll add that for price-gouging to affect this message board is a bit disheartening since so many people enjoy this place for more than just the classifieds and I know for a fact that more than a few folks are now to the point where they do a quick search to see if a member is price-gouging before they will dole out free advice to that same member. Just seems like it's negatively affecting this message board and I hate to see that. [/QUOTE]
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