Price gouging is rampant
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I know this has been discussed in other threads.
Some people are just plain crooked and greedy!
The other day I went looking online for "Cold-Eze", since I'm hunkered down at home - I'm in the "High Risk" category and I am not going out to check every store in town.
Well, of course, couldn't be found anywhere locally online, but Google Assistant popped up and said they had it. Guess what, an outside vendor had it for $49+ for a box of 18 lozenges. Can you believe that? Normally it sells for $4.97 at Walmart (12 lozenges) (when they have it LOL).
So today I was going to complain to Amazon about it, but it's been removed. Now, the lowest price at Amazon is $17.94 for 18 lozenges or you can get a box of 6 18 ct. boxes for $44.00. What a rip!
If you are running low on TP and are a member of Sam's Club, log in and keep checking for TP a lot. Eventually it will become available (usually between 11 AM and Noon) and order it. Don't just put it in the cart and dawdle around looking at other items. Place the order right then (free shipping for Plus members) and pay for it, else when you are ready to check out you might see the order cancelled from your cart because they sold out - that happened to my wife just once (lesson learned).
Stay safe everyone.
And that's why insurance
And that's why insurance companies are invariably hated more often than not!
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The going rate on amazon for a 20 oz Comet cleanser is $8.49.
At Walmart, it's 82 cents. But you can't pick it up, you have to go inside.
For that price difference I would put on a mask and go inside. To bad thing can't be better controlled, but gas stations and other stores have been doing it for years
Still have only gone in to Costco, Trader Joe's, UPS Store.....was feeling lucky and decided to swing by the super supermarket yesterday thinking I'd run in and grab some items you can't get at the above....kept driving. looked crowded and not to stir the pot but not everyone wearing a mask (we're required so I say just do it we don't need to have a confrontation about it). At all the other places it's orderly and these days imho order is called for....
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And that's why insurance companies are invariably hated more often than not!
LOL seriously annuities are not pushed anymore. One people aren't as easily fooled with the sub par returns (less than the cost of living going up), but even worse, people are living longer lol and the house losing more....
this is why term life insurance is an illustration where the policyholder's interests, and the insurance co's interests, are in fact aligned. Both parties want the insured to live as long as possible. Ditto with car insurance, interests aligned.
Insurance
What is ironic about auto insurance policies is that the price of a vehicle declines each year; whereas, the price of the auto insurance policy increases. The only explanation I can get is that if you are not involved in an accident, then the probability of you having one increases. Therefore, your policy increases. Well, once again, here is another irony, if you have a wreck your policy increases.
All over
Price gouging is rampant all over. In addition, the supermarkets are having fewer sales.
Supermarket Sales
Price gouging is rampant all over. In addition, the supermarkets are having fewer sales.
Local chain supermarket for the last ten years had sales with no strings attached. Now their sales are accompanied by "Requires additional $25 purchase". Not a big deal but they just never had it before. Also spending additional $25 is trivial these days.
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Pharmacies near me sell a
Pharmacies near me sell a pack of 50 disposable surgical masks for $30. Normal price is around $10 or less.
Some North Texas Businesses Hurt By Coronavirus Raising Prices,
Some North Texas Businesses Hurt By Coronavirus Raising Prices, Adding Fees
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/05/29/texas-businesses-hurt-co...
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