Originally Posted by garysgal
The lady who owns the quilt shop in town here said it is illegal for them to raise the prices on fabric that they already have. How come JoAnn gets away with this?
Ummm.... it may be unethical to raise the prices on stock that you already have, but it's hardly illegal.
Just think back to hurricane Katrina. All the gas stations in my area raised prices immediately... surely before they took delivery on any additional fuel... but nobody went to jail.
And we all knew what was going on, right?