"I love the way you're changing the subject" - Elizabeth Warren owns MAGA Joe Kernen on CNBC(video)..
#pricegouging.
#corporations..
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Capitalism: consequences of greed. Adobe Deletes Bluesky Posts After Furious Backlash
https://petapixel.com/2025/04/10/adobe-deletes-bluesky-posts-after-furious-backlash/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43653885
PetaPixel · Adobe Deletes Bluesky Posts After Furious Backlash'I assume you'll be charging us monthly to read your posts.'
Guardian: Cal-Maine’s profits more than tripled compared with the same quarter last year – and are nearly eight times as high as at the start of the bird flu outbreak in February 2022, according to financial results published on Tuesday. The company, which produces 20% of the eggs eaten in the US, made $1bn in windfall income in the first three-quarters of the financial year – the profits extracted after accounting for production, processing and transport costs.
On Tuesday, Cal-Maine said that its sales almost doubled to $1.42bn in the fiscal third quarter, which ended on 1 March, primarily down to raising egg prices, which has hurt consumers who rely on the once affordable protein source. But the company’s shares then fell by more than 4% after acknowledging that it was being investigated by the justice department’s anti-trust division. Mississippi-based Cal-Maine said it received notice of the investigation into egg price increases last month and that it was cooperating with the investigation.
Congressman just ripped into Trump trade rep in House hearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgL5QgIk8d0
Trump's Trade Rep appeared to learn about the 90-day tariff pause in the middle of a House hearing. Rep. Steven Horsford grilled him immediately:
"Is this market manipulation? Who benefits? What billionaire benefits from this?“
By VOTING for DEMOCRATS We Make OUR LIVES BETTER!
Democratic lawmakers across four states have introduced bills this year to stop what’s been dubbed “surveillance pricing” — the term for when a business charges customers different prices for the same product depending on their personal information. #economy #Democrats #pricegouging
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/surveillance-prices-wages-california-ban/
The Washington Post · Analysis | States eye bans on ‘surveillance pricing’ that exploits personal dataDemocratic lawmakers in California are latest to try outlawing personalized pricing amid a nationwide push by consumer protection advocates.
@GossiTheDog pretty shure #Apple's #Greedflation will not result in their #iPhone|s and other products to be sold #cheaper in the #EU, but instead they'll do #PriceGouging even harder!
- And because #Fanboys are just beyond help, they still gonna buy that shite regardless!
Or does anyone expect Apple to stop #overcharging for their #AntiRepairDesign|ed products???
- Hell no, Tim Cook wants to buy himself the dozenth house just from bonuses!!!
Grocery Shoppers Will Feel the Tariffs First in Produce https://www.byteseu.com/894607/ #America #coffee #Customs(Tariff) #FeesAndRates) #Food #PriceGouging #Prices(Fares #seafood #SupermarketsAndGroceryStores #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews
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I went to Lucky's to check out their pricing. There's this odd phenomenon where they sometimes come close to matching Safeway's pricing.
Collusion?
A 20 fl oz Mountain Dew is $3.29 there, but if you buy 2, you get them for $2.25 each, which is probably close to the REAL pricing for the product.
At least their 2 litter is more expensive at $3.99 (which seems high!), but is $2.50 if you buy 2.
What's with the multiple/combo buys?!
It amazes me 7-Eleven is STILL cheaper if you simply buy a single bottle.
By the way, the Lucky's checker reminded me that you need to use the mobile app to achieve additional savings. Shades of Safeway.
Basically you have to jump through hoops for savings.
I'm going to need to perform a Target run to see what they're charging. I'm beginning to wonder if I need to shop there more often.
I'm also wondering if prices are creeping up in groceries in general.
I noticed something when I was at the store yesterday to pick up one item. I thought about picking up a 20 fl oz Mountain Dew as well, which Safeway is selling for $3.49. What?!
If you buy a 2 liter bottle, a larger size of Mountain Drew at Safeway, it's $3.29, or .20 cheaper. How is that possible?
If you buy a 20 fl oz Mountain Dew at 7-Eleven, typically the most expensive way to buy anything, it's $2.69
Safeway is price gouging.
You could shop at 7-Eleven and save money 
I've said this before, don't buy beverages of any kind at Safeway.
Via LA County CJIC: It is illegal to raise prices by more than 10% during an emergency. This law extends to rental property and essential goods and services.
To file a complaint visit dcba.lacounty.gov or call (800) 593-8222.
ACCC finds Australia’s supermarkets are among the world’s most profitable – but doesn’t accuse them of price gouging
The ConversationACCC finds Australia’s supermarkets are among the world’s most profitable – but doesn’t accuse them of price gougingThe long-awaited, 441-page final report also doesn’t recommend new divestiture powers or breaking up the supermarkets.
State Farm can hike rates on #California homeowners — if it pauses cancellations and proves need https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/03/state-farm-can-hike-insurance-premiums-with-conditions/?utm_campaign=20250320_250319+Wildfire+Updates&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc_&utm_content=&utm_term=245853060 #PriceGouging
CalMatters · State Farm can hike rates on California homeowners — if it pauses cancellations and proves needIf State Farm is successful at proving its need for rate hikes at next month’s hearing, its interim rates will climb on June 1 an average 22% for homeowners, 15% for renters and condos, and 38% for rental dwellings.
Landlords Want Us to Think Rent Gouging Isn’t #PriceGouging https://jacobin.com/2025/03/rent-control-price-gouging-landlords/
jacobin.comLandlords Want Us to Think Rent Gouging Isn’t Price GougingWe recognize extortionate prices for lifesaving medicine or bottled water after a natural disaster as price gouging. Landlords want us to believe that rent hikes forcing people into homelessness are just the market at work, but that’s not true.
Fuck off T-Mobile!
No doubt they are happy to increase their prices now that the administration is dismantling the consumer-protection agency.
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This isn't normal.
- We used to get #MSRP WITH #VAT in #Germany despite having a 19% VAT rate (tho even Belgium git stuff at VAT despite having 32% VAT).
Cards get sold for € 1.100 when their MSRP is€ 600
- THIS IS #PriceGouging!
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Seriously, this #PriceGouging!
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The fact that neither #FTC nor @EUCommission investigated this #PriceGouging with #FakeMSRP since #GamersNexus reported about it first ages ago speaks volumes about the lack of #regulation.
- IMHO it should be illegal to advertise an MSRP without actually offering said product at MSRP!
Some folks have chickens as pets in Vancouver, or are backyard chicken "farmers". With the increasing high #CostOfLiving + #PriceGouging, we may need to get back to the basics.
Chicken purses? May as well do it with style.
Image source: @eastendjoe on Bsky
As #PriceGouging continues, US Customs and Border Protection cracks down on egg smuggling https://www.democraticunderground.com/117816461
www.democraticunderground.comAs egg prices soar, US Customs and Border Protection cracks down on egg smuggling - Democratic Underground Forums
Like sociopaths testing the boundaries of society (sound familiar?), #streaming services keep raising rates to see how far they can stretch consumers, and they’re doing it again. We’re starting to get tired of this, and considering dropping a few. #capitalism #pricegouging www.theverge.com/23901586/…
The Verge · Streaming services keep getting more expensive: all the latest price increases