Originally Posted by
Koyote
Define "price gouging."
An act or practice of increasing prices and charging an unreasonable amount of money for consumer goods and services when supply is low and demand is high...Eg of this would be: Charging $ 50 dollars for a small bottle of hand sanitizer or a bottle of bleach during an emergency such as a pandemic when normally the same product sells for $ 10 dollars during normal non - pandemic times...price gouging is a criminal act here and is punishable with up to $ 100 000 dollar fine and / or 1 year in jail.