[ExI] one good thing

[William Flynn Wallace]

There was no lack of gasoline during the Katrina hurricane disaster, yet
prices went way up.  And the people that did it got arrested.  bill w

On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 5:44 PM Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Yes, if you believe in markets it's a terrible thing.  Prices ration
> available supply.  Price controls (or this) are never productive in the
> long term and increase black market transactions and scarcity in legitimate
> ones...
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 6:10 PM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> lol
>>
>> But isn't that a bad thing?
>> If I wanted to pay $100 for TP, I never would, but if I did, possibly for
>> something I'd really want, I'd be very upset at Amazon for denying me that
>> opportunity.
>> That's what supply and demand is, right?
>> Brent
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 3:40 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
>>> *Subject:* [ExI] one good thing
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Amazon has deleted over 500K of products that were gouging consumers on
>>> products such as masks.  Some had upped their price over ten times normal.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> bill w
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Muwaaaahahahaaaaaaa…
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I stocked up on TP early, before the panic, so that I could make a
>>> buttload reselling at absurd prices on the Dark Web.  I expect the peak to
>>> be reached soon, at which time I shift into phase 2 of my nefarious plan,
>>> which is providing a use for all their stockpiled twenty-year supply of TP:
>>> I sell them (at a scandalous profit) my stockpiled ExLax.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> spike
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