What do you guys think about local billiards establishments close to the expo, jacking up their prices on things as a result of the expo being in town.
From food items to table time, etc etc.
Do you agree with this practice or not?
Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock: examples include price increases after hurricanes or other natural disasters. In precise, legal usage, it is the name of a crime that applies in some of the United States during civil emergencies.
Hotels are more expensive on the weekends.
Airfare goes up in the summer.
These are not instances of "price gouging".
Neither is a poolroom raising their rates when an event is in town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gouging
Agreed......the term "gouging" should not even be in this thread.
I also find it funny so many people voted they owners are greedy to do this......yet I'm sure these are the same people who complain too many pool halls are going out of business......