Thats true, but how many subsequent price gouging incidents have not occured because the companies knew that they would be fined and also get a lot of bad publicity? Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 Fax/Phone 864 232 3889 mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "peggs" <peggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <repair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <repair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 2:40 PM Subject: [TechAssist-B] Re: [TechAssist] Re: Gas Boycott, After Carefull Thought and Consideration > Yea,but where does the fine money go ???....... not back to the purchaser !!! > > Peggs > > > At 11:10 AM 8/31/05, J Silverman wrote: > >Thats just old-fashioned price gouging! In SC, those who profit from price > >gauging after a disaster can be prosecuted and fined. Also in the 1970s, > >Congress fined oil companies that made a windfall profit from the oil > >embargo. > >Jerry Silverman > >Greentron Inc > >4 Newland Ave > >Greenville SC 29609 > >Fax/Phone 864 232 3889 > >mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "David Eugene Waybright" <david@xxxxxxxxx> > >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <repair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:20 AM > >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: [TechAssist-B] Gas Boycott, After Carefull Thought > >and Consideration > > > > > > > I can't believe it, last night the 30th gas wasd 2.57 and this morning > >when I > > > wroke up it was $3.59 YES I SAID $3.59 it went up a whole $1.02. This is > >just > > > an outrage. I expected it to go up alittle because of the hurricanne but > >not > > > that much. > > > -- > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > David Eugene Waybright > > > TV & Small Electronics Repair Technician > > > Certified CompTIA A+ & NETWORK+ Technician > > > XBOX MOD & Repair Technician > > > TekXtreme, Inc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--- > > > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > >engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > > > Set Vacation > >mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > > > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- > >This Email list is Private. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > >Email Archive: http://www.circuitwork.com/archive/REPAIR > >To modify your subscription to our back up server log in here: > >http://www.circuitwork.com/files/ecar/lsg2.cgi > >Appliance Repair List: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > This Email list is Private. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Email Archive: http://www.circuitwork.com/archive/REPAIR > To modify your subscription to our back up server log in here: > http://www.circuitwork.com/files/ecar/lsg2.cgi > Appliance Repair List: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/