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  ·  2 years ago  ·  

if you sell something with dishonest marketing techniques in order to price-gouge, doesn't that meet your definition of "defraud" ?

like selling a used car without revealing pertinent information


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  ·  2 years ago  ·  

Now you went from "price gouging" to using deception to price gouge! Define both.

Caveat emptor.

  ·  2 years ago  ·  

i've been using "deception" as my primary example this whole time


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  ·  2 years ago  ·  

Define both and explain how price gouging is deceptive as opposed to not price gouging, and define "dishonest marketing techniques" and how and why it is deception.

  ·  2 years ago  ·  

do you have any opinion regarding "anti-trust" laws ?


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  ·  2 years ago  ·  

Yes, they are necessary to curb and curtail monopoly and cornering of markets.

  ·  2 years ago  ·  

if price-gouging is not a type of scam

what is the "harm" in "monopoly" ?

why would such a thing need to be "curtailed" ?

are "free-markets" an automatic "good" ?


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  ·  2 years ago  ·   (edited)

Monopolies control a vast majority of the market.

Price gauging can be done by anyone who "overpriced" their offers, be it a mogul or a nobody.

Free markets are an automatic good. Freedom is superior to slavery. Monopolies are known since ancient times to be harmful if they eliminate competition or corner a market.