Price Gouging
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Price Gouging”
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TTC, The Costly Way: Fare Hike Expected for 2010
State of Affairs —
Authority: 417
You know something? I’ve lived in this fair city on and off for the last twenty-five years, and let me tell you what – I love it. I love every inch of it from the Beaches to Chinatown to the Lakeshore to North York where I grew up. I’ve been to a [...]5 days ago -
PG&E refutes suit alleging price-gouging via smart meters
Gadget Reviews —
Authority: 149
Pacific Gas & Electric’s smart metering headaches might have just gotten a lot worse. Already, the company has had to fend off accusations that its installation of smart meters hiked energy rates. Now Bakersfield, Calif. residents are suing the utility for price gouging via its smart metering program — but ...1 week ago -
Barbie & The Diamond Castle Playset (Doll & Pet NOT included)
Most-Gifted-Toys.com —
Authority: 156
Barbie & The Diamond Castle Playset (Doll & Pet NOT included) * Girls can grow the tower to three levels tall * Features music and light up features * There’s surprise jewelry hidden throughout the castle * When girls press the gemstone on the door, the castle opens and [...]1 week ago -
Verizon To Double Eary Termination Fee
Nerdlike.com —
Authority: 437
Well this sucks. Looks like Verizon is not content with being the most expensive carrier in the United States. There is a RUMOR that as of 11/15, they will be doubling their early termination fee to $350. It looks as if this is to stop those shady folks that sign up for contracts and then sale the phones on ebay for a ...1 week ago -
Health Insurance Companies Price Gouging the US Economy
Wall St. Cheat Sheet —
Authority: 644
Yesterday I received what was either a Halloween trick or extortion: a letter from Blue Cross Blue Shield notifying me of a 24% rate increase starting January 2010. Quite simply, this is price gouging per se. Since this is a financial media site, I thought it would be educational to demonstrate how such ...1 week ago -
An Evaluation of Nancy’s Masterpiece: The Band-aid Period
All Life Is Problem Solving —
Authority: 120
We’ll see many policy analyses and evaluations of Nancy Pelosi’s compromise health care reform bill as it gets closer to a final vote. This one won’t be thorough, since the bill is one of daunting length (1990 pages) and complexity, and I haven’t had the time to do a really detailed analysis. But I’ll do the ...2 weeks ago -
Attorneys General in Virginia and North Carolina continue to prosecute Hurricane Ike price gouging cases
Knowledge Problem —
Authority: 547
Michael Giberson Another few price gouging cases settled by the Attorneys General of Virginia and North Carolina arising from complaints filed during Hurricane Ike in September 2008. From North Carolina, via the AG’s press release : Cooper filed suit in October of 2008 against Steve Compton , owner and ...3 weeks ago -
Customized Paintball
3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog —
Authority: 542
This enthusiastic sport came about in 1981. Paintballs players have always take the sport seriously going as far as building camouflaged environments in woodland areas treating it as though its modern warfare and having national championships known as the National Professional Paintball League. The game has long ...3 weeks ago -
Pamplin Exxon Settles Price Gouging Charge
Appomattox Area News —
Authority: 439
Reported violation of Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act Attorney General Bill Mims today announced a price gouging settlement with Pamplin Exxon Service Center, Inc., a gas station in Appomattox County. The settlement relates to allegations that Pamplin Exxon violated the Virginia Post-Disaster ...3 weeks ago -
Not helping out due to anti-price gouging laws
Knowledge Problem —
Authority: 547
Michael Giberson It looks like we may get through the 2009 hurricane season without any new evidence generated of the harm due to anti-price gouging legislation. The lack of a lot of hurricane damage is good, obviously (but I foresee that it may leave me bereft of new material for blogging on price gouging). ...3 weeks ago -
Yankees Price Gouging: From Sports Illustrateds Peter King: "So...
Eater NY —
Authority: 157
From Sports Illustrated s Peter King : "So I went to Yankee Stadium the other night to watch Yankees-Angels. Pretty cold. In the bottom of the fourth, a vendor came by. Hot chocolate! he yelled. Hot chocolate! I looked at his badge: Hot chocolate $10. ...the Yankees must be making about $9.15 profit on each hot ...4 weeks ago -
Criminally Stupid
I Am Not A Hamster —
Authority: 128
Maxi Sopo must have thought he was some kind of genius. According to this CBS story he came to the US in 2003 and was making a living selling roses in Seattle nightclubs for a while before he decided to move up to bank fraud.According to federal prosecutors he worked with another guy to [...]4 weeks ago -
Why have 31 states passed anti-price gouging laws (and 19 not)?
Knowledge Problem —
Authority: 547
Michael Giberson Cale Davis, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Applied Economics at Montana State University, produced a thesis examining why some states do and others don’t have anti-price gouging laws. The abstract of “ An Analysis of the Enactment of ...4 weeks ago -
Insuring adequate Consumer protection
The non conformer's Canadian Weblog —
Authority: 423
Insuring Canadian Business Profitability By Having Adequate Consumer Protection Hey we have often heard the lying spin doctors telling us that Canada is about to recover economically.. with distorted facts.. I have often wondered how many of these persons now have had any valid real business ...6 weeks ago -
Happy Hour: The Last Fight
Nashvillest —
Authority: 476
Okay, we could’ve sworn that we’d heard the last of the urban chickens, but apparently the law hasn’t actually passed yet. Onward to city hall, citizens! [ City Paper ] The parents of the fourth graders who accidentally ended up at a Metro charter school where fourth grade didn’t actually exist are thinking ...8 weeks ago -
Retail gasoline stations shutting down to avoid price gouging complaints
Knowledge Problem —
Authority: 547
Michael Giberson From Columbia, South Carolina’s The State newspaper, more evidence of the predictable effects of anti-price gouging laws : A day after drivers began a panic-buying run on gas, S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster invoked the state’s price-gouging law with fines up to $1,000 per offense and ...8 weeks ago
