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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cowzrul" data-source="post: 2028542" data-attributes="member: 5353">They are! And worse in my book. To each their own but I am not wired like that. When I retired from the Corps I started day trading stocks. I made a killing in in under a year. Then I met some people that lost their shirt on some of the same stocks that I made a killing on. Call me stupid or whatever but I didn't like the fact that somebody HAD to lose so I could WIN. Seemed dirty so I stopped cold turkey in the stock market and became a small business owner. From the sounds of these posts I am in the minority and I should have just became greedy and made as much money as possible since the stock market is legal.I didn't go back and read but the words gouging didn't come from me. I was simply stating I believe their business model is screwed up to high heaven. You change prices based on panic and expect those same customers to come back when the frenzy is over. I would think the knee jerk panic $50 buys are those who don't frequent the LGSs because they aren't prepared and already have their mags. Now I could be wrong but a few around here don't seem fond of what they are doing so in fact they have lost support or at least reputation.Your right Dustin. Pmags can't be compared bottled water during a disaster. Doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Despite it being against the law I saw prices during 9/11 go beyond $5 (if I remember correctly double prices at the time). I was on the ground day 2 of Katrina and I saw some despicable "gouging". Bottom line is these items can't be compared to necessities of life. However, I stand by my assessment that in my opinion it is bad business to take advantage of the frenzy for the almighty dollar.</blockquote>

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