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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:46:11 PM EDT
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I hate gouging scumbags.
I make a mental note of the ones that do it and refuse to shop there ever again. There are places I still won't buy at since Gloria back in 1985. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:46:53 PM EDT
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You're a piece of shit if you take advantage of people during an emergency situation. You are a step below .22lr neckbeards. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:47:21 PM EDT
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Texans are the most butt hurt people in the entire world. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:47:54 PM EDT
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Uhh, no I am an Alaska resident. With Alaska drivers license and a house in Alaska. I am here on a 5 year development project that is wrapping up in the next few months. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:48:33 PM EDT
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This entire post is troll post. You are a troll and *click* |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:49:51 PM EDT
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Whenever the gulf has a storm and Texas starts their fucking crying bullshit over nothing.... Our gas goes up to like $4 a gallon. SO YES him calling these lying fucks on out on their bullshit it's more than warranted. Like they think everyone is so fucking stupid that we dont know we produce more than we use and buy a ton while exporting texas oil on the cheap. We see Opec's press releases saying the US is letting out tankers sit for weeks and we are at 20% production. So before you decide to get your tranny gash in a bunch. Maybe you should idk open a fucking newspaper? If that storm hits and Texas pulls its normal crying ass bullshit my profits will be FUCKED for the fall season. So will thousands of other commercial fisherman. Are you going to feed my fucking family when I lose 5+ grand a month plus normal over head? What about all the trucking in this country? Every you buy is moved by truck. tens of thousands of trucks.... Sorry for the rant but people like you make me want to punch myself in the face. You will probably be the first one to complain that the milk you feed your crotch fruit doubled in price yet have not a fucking clue why. Please do us a favor and indulge your instincts. Punch yourself in the face. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:50:07 PM EDT
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This entire post is troll post. You are a troll and *click* 
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:51:12 PM EDT
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<Removed -40xb> When all the refineries shut down for a week it drives up prices. maybe you should build some refineries up there. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Whenever the gulf has a storm and Texas starts their fucking crying bullshit over nothing.... Our gas goes up to like $4 a gallon. SO YES him calling these lying fucks on out on their bullshit it's more than warranted. Like they think everyone is so fucking stupid that we dont know we produce more than we use and buy a ton while exporting texas oil on the cheap. We see Opec's press releases saying the US is letting out tankers sit for weeks and we are at 20% production. So before you decide to get your tranny gash in a bunch. Maybe you should idk open a fucking newspaper? If that storm hits and Texas pulls its normal crying ass bullshit my profits will be FUCKED for the fall season. So will thousands of other commercial fisherman. Are you going to feed my fucking family when I lose 5+ grand a month plus normal over head? What about all the trucking in this country? Every you buy is moved by truck. tens of thousands of trucks.... Sorry for the rant but people like you make me want to punch myself in the face. You will probably be the first one to complain that the milk you feed your crotch fruit doubled in price yet have not a fucking clue why. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:51:51 PM EDT
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While I think it is a dick move to " gouge" when people are in need, it is capitalism and these storms have been predicted for WEEKS. If you're not prepped at this point its your own damn fault. You could have Amazon primed yourself a generator on Monday and had it by now. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/351853/Capture-289289.JPG The AG is trying to insure people aren't put into a dangerous position by people raising prices more than supplies would mandate. People need water and gasoline to be safe in a storm situation like this and tripling the price when the supply costs don't mandate it is morally reprehensible...and apparently illegal. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:55:18 PM EDT
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This storm was a tropical depression only yesterday. Now it's evolved into a life threatening major hurricane...so your basic premise is flawed. The AG is trying to insure people aren't put into a dangerous position by people raising prices more than supplies would mandate. People need water and gasoline to be safe in a storm situation like this and tripling the price when the supply costs don't mandate it is morally reprehensible...and apparently illegal. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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While I think it is a dick move to " gouge" when people are in need, it is capitalism and these storms have been predicted for WEEKS. If you're not prepped at this point its your own damn fault. You could have Amazon primed yourself a generator on Monday and had it by now. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/351853/Capture-289289.JPG The AG is trying to insure people aren't put into a dangerous position by people raising prices more than supplies would mandate. People need water and gasoline to be safe in a storm situation like this and tripling the price when the supply costs don't mandate it is morally reprehensible...and apparently illegal. Sorry. Pet peeve of mine. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:55:58 PM EDT
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You guys still have a sled race every year to commentate being ill prepared for a common illness of the time...
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:56:00 PM EDT
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People respond to incentives. If you live in St Louis, and you can resell Lowes plywood and generators for 2x - you have incentive to load up your vehicle, spend your gas, and go and serve that Teaxs demand.
Or, facing threat of legal prosecution, you can just stay home and let that all sit in St Loius Lowes. Too bad for those people in need in Texas That's why anti-gouging laws are short-sighted and dumb. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:57:39 PM EDT
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How exactly do you expect the average schmoe to prep for a couple feet of water in his house? Flood insurance |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:57:55 PM EDT
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If that was the law enacted by a lawfully Texas legislature, a law that isn't under current legal challenge, then the AG either needs to enforce it ... or take measures to get rid of it.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:58:09 PM EDT
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No, lack of order and people buying up all the gas because it's artificially cheap so that there is none left for anyone gets people killed. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:58:29 PM EDT
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LOL. Good luck with your centrally planned shortage goals of 2017. Price "gouging" simply enables people who actually need a resource to buy it. The market price for many things goes up during storms. If prices remain the same it results in a shortage. Higher prices mean people who actually need something can still get it. Supply and Demand, not even once. Stay "free" Texas. Georgia has a similar retard law unfortunately |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 8:59:17 PM EDT
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My MIL was asking me today if Lowe's would have a generator that would run the AC on her 3,000sqft house. She didn't want to spend more than $1,000.
I told her to just stay with us. ETA: Wrong thread |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:00:20 PM EDT
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The market decides the prices. "Price gouging" is bullshit. Stock up, plan ahead, or be subject to market fluctuations. Supply becomes difficult in times of crisis, and there needs to be a financial incentive for people to provide services in a crisis. Furthermore, it can help separate people who want from people who need. Snow shovels cost more in winter than summer. When flights are canceled, rental cars cost more. GOUGERS! |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:01:09 PM EDT
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People respond to incentives. If you live in St Louis, and you can resell Lowes plywood and generators for 2x - you have incentive to load up your vehicle, spend your gas, and go and serve that demand. Or, facing threat of legal prosecution, you can just stay home and let that all sit in Lowes. Too bad for those people in need. That's why anti-gouging laws are short-sighted and dumb. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:03:21 PM EDT
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Interesting, arf usually hates government involvement in businesses
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:03:23 PM EDT
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Uber has some sort of sliding scale they charge depending on the weather or whatever. GOUGERS! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The market decides the prices. "Price gouging" is bullshit. Stock up, plan ahead, or be subject to market fluctuations. Supply becomes difficult in times of crisis, and there needs to be a financial incentive for people to provide services in a crisis. Furthermore, it can help separate people who want from people who need. Snow shovels cost more in winter than summer. When flights are canceled, rental cars cost more. GOUGERS! |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:03:25 PM EDT
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I hate gouging scumbags. I make a mental note of the ones that do it and refuse to shop there ever again. There are places I still won't buy at since Gloria back in 1985. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:04:34 PM EDT
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How exactly do you expect the average schmoe to prep for a couple feet of water in his house? Flood insurance |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:04:50 PM EDT
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No, but people generally expect to have reliable power. And even that most only prep for a day or two outage. Most places don't have a secondary heat source and you need electric to run your boiler/heaters etc. Surely you're just being obtuse. Qualifying the taking advantage of people with 'While I think it is a dick move to " gouge" when people are in need...' is weak. Either own up to the fact that you don't care if your neighbors suffer, or don't. But you waffled from the start. Kills your credibility. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:05:06 PM EDT
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It's not a troll post at all. We had a similar discussion a few years ago when hurricane sandy happened. It is a theme tho in ANY thread even slightly criticizing Texas , the Texas autists start screeching. The thread is about the Texas government and not a reflection on its residents at all but some in here take it sooo personally. https://media.giphy.com/media/2ept7eRuyq98s/200.gif Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This entire post is troll post. You are a troll and *click* https://media.giphy.com/media/2ept7eRuyq98s/200.gif I think you just wanted to use "autist screeching" in a sentence. Listen to what you posted and I quoted on page one. Seriously. Do it. And you seem thirsty. I suggest that punch you mentioned before. 
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:06:50 PM EDT
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Ensure, not insure. Sorry. Pet peeve of mine. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:07:35 PM EDT
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I'm going to look forward to all of the "Mah gas prices!" threads for the next couple of weeks.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:08:09 PM EDT
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Fuck all that bullshit that capitalism is some sort of exploitive economic anarchy.
It is a system with rules and yes REGULATIONS Just like government, not a question of if it should exist, just how much. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:08:36 PM EDT
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Says the one who cried about spending more for gas on page one while others deal with a violent storm. I think you just wanted to use "autist screeching" in a sentence. Listen to what you posted and I quoted on page one. Seriously. Do it. And you seem thirsty. I suggest that punch you mentioned before. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This entire post is troll post. You are a troll and *click* https://media.giphy.com/media/2ept7eRuyq98s/200.gif I think you just wanted to use "autist screeching" in a sentence. Listen to what you posted and I quoted on page one. Seriously. Do it. And you seem thirsty. I suggest that punch you mentioned before. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:09:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat's awesome. 
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:09:51 PM EDT
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Lol.. truckers love themselves... |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:12:24 PM EDT
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LOL, make you're own gas and quit buying ours <Removed -40xb>. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Whenever the gulf has a storm and Texas starts their fucking crying bullshit over nothing.... Our gas goes up to like $4 a gallon. SO YES him calling these lying fucks on out on their bullshit it's more than warranted. Like they think everyone is so fucking stupid that we dont know we produce more than we use and buy a ton while exporting texas oil on the cheap. We see Opec's press releases saying the US is letting out tankers sit for weeks and we are at 20% production. So before you decide to get your tranny gash in a bunch. Maybe you should idk open a fucking newspaper? If that storm hits and Texas pulls its normal crying ass bullshit my profits will be FUCKED for the fall season. So will thousands of other commercial fisherman. Are you going to feed my fucking family when I lose 5+ grand a month plus normal over head? What about all the trucking in this country? Every you buy is moved by truck. tens of thousands of trucks.... Sorry for the rant but people like you make me want to punch myself in the face. You will probably be the first one to complain that the milk you feed your crotch fruit doubled in price yet have not a fucking clue why. 
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:13:13 PM EDT
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You're a piece of shit if you take advantage of people during an emergency situation. You are a step below .22lr neckbeards. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:13:21 PM EDT
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Uhh, no I am an Alaska resident. With Alaska drivers license and a house in Alaska. I am here on a 5 year development project that is wrapping up in the next few months. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:14:14 PM EDT
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No, I'm not being 'obtuse' at all. I'm well read on hurricane prep, having been through my fair share. My generator has kept our home cool and comfortable during the weeks long outages we've been through after tropical disasters. My fuel supply is more than adequate. So no, calling me stupid in the polite GD way is incorrect and benighted on your part. Qualifying the taking advantage of people with 'While I think it is a dick move to " gouge" when people are in need...' is weak. Either own up to the fact that you don't care if your neighbors suffer, or don't. But you waffled from the start. Kills your credibility. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:15:07 PM EDT
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Nothing brings out people on arfcom who like sucking government cock like a good ole price gouging thread, as if the rules of economics are magically suspended when government issues a decree that prices can't change to reflect scarcity.
Enjoy your 6 month of shortages, Texas. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:16:08 PM EDT
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Nope. You are an Indiana "resident" who owns property in Alaska. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Uhh, no I am an Alaska resident. With Alaska drivers license and a house in Alaska. I am here on a 5 year development project that is wrapping up in the next few months. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:17:19 PM EDT
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I'd just close up shop until after the event had passed.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:17:42 PM EDT
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Exactly. Have to find the story of the guy in Kentucky who (after a hurricane in Texas) decided to buy a bunch of generators in KY, drive down to TX and sell them at a 50% markup. People with a clue call that free enterprise and filling a need. The cops called it "gouging" and arrested him. Retarded. And I'll bet that attorney general calls himself "conservative". This kind of thing among many others is why that term is now purely marketing bullshit. Fucker should have died a slow, painful death just because of his morals. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:18:02 PM EDT
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The gouging laws are also there for after the storm when rebuilding is needed so unscrupulous assholes from out of state come down to fuck people will get their dicks in a bind legally
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:18:07 PM EDT
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This storm was a tropical depression only yesterday. Now it's evolved into a life threatening major hurricane...so your basic premise is flawed. The AG is trying to insure people aren't put into a dangerous position by people raising prices more than supplies would mandate. People need water and gasoline to be safe in a storm situation like this and tripling the price when the supply costs don't mandate it is morally reprehensible...and apparently illegal. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:20:21 PM EDT
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Six months of shortages?
What are we short of again? |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:21:05 PM EDT
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Taking financial advantage of people in a disaster or emergency situation is gouging. It's not capitalism. Fucker should have died a slow, painful death just because of his morals. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Exactly. Have to find the story of the guy in Kentucky who (after a hurricane in Texas) decided to buy a bunch of generators in KY, drive down to TX and sell them at a 50% markup. People with a clue call that free enterprise and filling a need. The cops called it "gouging" and arrested him. Retarded. And I'll bet that attorney general calls himself "conservative". This kind of thing among many others is why that term is now purely marketing bullshit. Fucker should have died a slow, painful death just because of his morals. Were the people of Texas better or worse off after he provided them the opportunity to purchase generators that were not previously there? If he hadn't been there would more or less people in Texas have generators? not to mention 50% mark up really wasn't that outrageous given his time, initial investment, fuel, food and lodging on his trip. I would be surprised if he broke even at 50% markup. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:21:46 PM EDT
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While I think it is a dick move to " gouge" when people are in need, it is capitalism and these storms have been predicted for WEEKS. If you're not prepped at this point its your own damn fault. You could have Amazon primed yourself a generator on Monday and had it by now. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/351853/Capture-289289.JPG Lol. Those regulations come into force only after a disaster has been declared and not now, BEFORE a storm comes ashore or even afterwards unless an actual disaster has been officially declared. Good regs IMO. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:21:51 PM EDT
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The gouging laws are also there for after the storm when rebuilding is needed so unscrupulous assholes from out of state come down to fuck people will get their dicks in a bind legally Suppliers bringing supplies to where there are no supplies. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:23:48 PM EDT
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Yes, selling gasoline for seven dollars a gallon while people are trying to evacuate is capitalism. It's also one of those things that results in a breakdown of societal order very quickly and has people floating around in the gulf with a gunshot wound to the back of the head. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:25:09 PM EDT
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I think you're thinking of someone else, I never mentioned gas prices during a storm? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This entire post is troll post. You are a troll and *click* https://media.giphy.com/media/2ept7eRuyq98s/200.gif I think you just wanted to use "autist screeching" in a sentence. Listen to what you posted and I quoted on page one. Seriously. Do it. And you seem thirsty. I suggest that punch you mentioned before. Apologies. Indianan.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:25:26 PM EDT
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I'd just close up shop until after the event had passed. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:27:46 PM EDT
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You're wasting you're time; the OP doesn't even understand the regulations he's crying over and when they go into force. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, selling gasoline for seven dollars a gallon while people are trying to evacuate is capitalism. It's also one of those things that results in a breakdown of societal order very quickly and has people floating around in the gulf with a gunshot wound to the back of the head. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 9:28:52 PM EDT
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How exactly do you expect the average schmoe to prep for a couple feet of water in his house? Flood insurance Try to eat or drink flood insurance genius, after a natural disaster has wiped out your home and destroyed and ruined all your preps. 
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