I think raising pricing as CTD has lacks moral principle, which by definition is unethical.anygunanywhere wrote:un·eth·i·calsteveincowtown wrote:Actually, increasing pricing during short periods emergency or short periods of high demand is technically unethical (or at least that how it was taught to me...).
Examples of Unethical Pricing Strategies
Price gouging is an example of an unethical pricing strategy. A company may raise prices of items that are temporarily in high demand. This is sometimes seen in the wake of emergency situations when the price of plywood jumps after a flood, even though there is enough plywood to repair houses. Predatory pricing, on the other hand, involves pricing a product low enough to dampen demand. This type of pricing is typically used to end a competitive threat. The company lowering the price is operating to protect market share from moving to the competition.
That being said I think for most folks are posting to this thread not because they don't believe in the free market system, but because they want to make their fellow gun owners aware of the companies who chose short term profits over long term customers.
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adjective
1. lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
2. not in accord with the standards of a profession
Technically unethical? Asking for what the market will bear is not unethical. Tecnically this is not an emergency situation. Technically, people waiting until now to run out and purchase an AR does not make asking market price unethical. The cause does not follow effect.
I am getting ready to have a garage sale. I have two generators for sale. I will ask for what they will sell for which is less than what I paid for them.
If I wait until a EOTWAWKI scenario I can probably get many times more what they are actually worth but I need garage space now. I intend to sell what I have for what I can get for them, no matter what it is and someone else's opinion of my price being unethical does not in fact make it unethical.
Anygunanywhere
I am not arguing that they don't have the right do it, or even that they shouldn't have the right to do it. I am merely stating they lack morals which by definition makes it unethical.
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adjective \ˈmȯr-əl, ˈmär-\
Definition of MORAL
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a : of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior : ethical <moral judgments>
b : expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior <a moral poem>
c : conforming to a standard of right behavior
d : sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment <a moral obligation>
e : capable of right and wrong action <a moral agent
To be honest, it is really just semantics at this point. You can call it what you want. I call it bad business and a move that although will certainly result in short term profits, will lead to long term losses.