the power
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awpitt
Main Streeter
What law did he break?
That sort of activity would fall under price gouging laws but MD doesn't have any such law.
Some claiming stores hiked up prices before Irene
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itsbob
I bowl overhand
Why were the cops called?
If my power was out, and I bought a generator for say $2500 and on my way out somebody with more money also had power out and offered me $3500 for it I'd have to stop and think if it was worth $1000 to go without power.
I'd probably take the money and run.. Absolutely no reason to call the cops in on a legal PERSONAL transaction.
Hell, I DID buy a generator yesterday, and I would without a second thought sell it right now for an extra $1000, I'd even go as low as a few hundred extra...
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ylexot
Super Genius
Along these lines, Stossel had a show about "defending the indefensible" and one of the topics was price gouging. Basically, the guest was saying that by raising the price on needed items, it gave incentive for people (not just companies) outside the disaster zone to load up supplies and bring them to where they will sell. Thus, there would be more availability of needed supplies and the increased availability would prevent people from charging completely outrageous prices (it would be somewhat self-regulating). But you do have to allow the prices to come up in order to make it worth the effort.
ginwoman
Well-Known Member
I think we'll wait till this current generator hoop-la has calmed down and then we'll go buy another one. We have two.....we use one for us and take one to my mothers and we have a friend who is a quadriplegic and we could use that one for him. He can't afford one because he doesn't have a pot to piss in. I dunno, we'll see. We recently bought a NICE ONE for my mother and some scum of the earth came and stole it. Now we have to chain the one we took over there for her to us.
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EmptyTimCup
Guest
and absolutely no one has any for sale, we searched all over SoMD.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
You're suggesting if they weren't Union they wouldn't work as hard, or be as dedicated?
Because I'd have to throw the
flag on that one.I'll give Kudos to them for their hard work, and thank them for restoring power, but I think that has more to do with them personally.
I would HOPE that SMECO was allowed and did bring in anyone qualified to do the work and wasn't limited to ONLY bringing in Union workers during the time of emergency.
Be sad to find out that there were two or three times the number of workers available to get our power back on, but SMECO wasn't allowed to use them because they weren't Union.
Be an interesting backstory to research.. Imagine if you were without power for three weeks, then found out SMECO was limited as to who they could hire, and how many they could hire because of the local Union..
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EmptyTimCup
Guest
I beleive that is called capitolism ...... by low sell high
if the purchaser did not want to go stand in line for one of the 1000 gensets then he got a bargain
You're suggesting if they weren't Union they wouldn't work as hard, or be as dedicated?
Because I'd have to throw the
I'll give Kudos to them for their hard work, and thank them for restoring power, but I think that has more to do with them personally.
I would HOPE that SMECO was allowed and did bring in anyone qualified to do the work and wasn't limited to ONLY bringing in Union workers during the time of emergency.
Be sad to find out that there were two or three times the number of workers available to get our power back on, but SMECO wasn't allowed to use them because they weren't Union.
Be an interesting backstory to research.. Imagine if you were without power for three weeks, then found out SMECO was limited as to who they could hire, and how many they could hire because of the local Union..
PIKE does the lions share of SMECO's emergency work..with about twice as many crews as SMECO has on the job as we speak. I honestly don't know if PIKE is a union shop or not. We took good care of the PIKE guys after Isabel..I know that. Most of em working on the island back then were from Alabama, as it turned out.
ylexot
Super Genius
From what I can find, they are not union.
Psh, my neighbor's generator was music to my ears. Emergency plug in for me!
I have power & hot water if you need to take a shower.
GWguy
*
My neighbors have been good, usually shut down by 10:30pm. But someone fired it up at 3am 2 nights ago...
Pete
Repete
My neighbors have been good, usually shut down by 10:30pm. But someone fired it up at 3am 2 nights ago...
Twenty four/ seven BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Bet it's nice and cool over at his house. And he's probably having something really yummy for dinner, after he has a nice hot shower after work.
You're suggesting if they weren't Union they wouldn't work as hard, or be as dedicated?
Because I'd have to throw the
I'll give Kudos to them for their hard work, and thank them for restoring power, but I think that has more to do with them personally.
I would HOPE that SMECO was allowed and did bring in anyone qualified to do the work and wasn't limited to ONLY bringing in Union workers during the time of emergency.
Be sad to find out that there were two or three times the number of workers available to get our power back on, but SMECO wasn't allowed to use them because they weren't Union.
Be an interesting backstory to research.. Imagine if you were without power for three weeks, then found out SMECO was limited as to who they could hire, and how many they could hire because of the local Union..
SMECO’s linemen are IBEW, and they are very dedicated and hard-working employees. However, we have crews from other electric cooperatives and other contracting crews who are not members of the union. We also have SMECO management personnel who are helping us to assess the damage and guide our outside crews in the field who are non-union. Both union and non-union are indistinguishable — they all performing 16–18-hour shifts, working side by side as hard as they can to restore power to all of Southern Maryland. We are all working as one team to get the lights back on for our customer-members.
Pete
Repete
Actually no, it will only sun lights and fridge. No cooking, ac or water heater.
libertytyranny
Dream Stealer
I read that as you being very hip and surfer-y. "Like, 24/7 Brah"
Now I realize you were mimicking the sound.
