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- verb Present participle of
gouge .
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Examples
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The typical example of price gouging is batteries that cost you $0.50 wholesale that you typically sell for $1.10 retail, now because of the blackout you sell them for $3.50.
The Case for Price Gouging, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Because ranges are determined by an online system, any price gouging is minimized.
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It will be closer to L.A. without actually being there, and let's face it, the hotel room gouging is really out of hand.
San Diego Convention Center Plans $753 million Expansion in Bid to Keep Comic-Con | /Film 2010
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They don't want the government to compete because it will be IMMEDIATELY found that price gouging is ILLEGAL & they will have A LOT of COMPENSATION & law suits to follow.
Liberal Dems 'stand in strong opposition' to Sebelius statement 2009
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This isn't about Obamacare, this is about millions upon millions of fellow citizens going bankrupt or facing that posibility because of a lack of healthcare, or just plain gouging and denying from their insurance companies.
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Now you know all you need to understand that "price gouging" is oxymoronic.
The Case for Price Gouging, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Had the previous regulations been in place along with regulations in other areas like price gouging from the oil industry things would have been fine but as is always the case greed and get richer quicker schemes ruled the day and it was a matter of time until the implosion happened.
Think Progress » Boehner Claims Student Loan Reform Will ‘Eliminate Every Bank In The Country’ 2010
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Any price gouging is being done at the very local level, by the local retailer, not by the major oil companies.
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Price gouging is simply charging what the market will bear.
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Price gouging is simply charging what the market will bear.
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