The Selfishness Surcharge
In any severe emergency, some people feel the need to hoard supplies,
and others try to sell items for many times the original prices. While some
stores try to ration supplies and the government tries to prevent “gouging”, I
think I have a better idea. I call it the Selfishness Surcharge.
Here’s how it works. Retails stores will continue to sell an item at
regular price for the first package of the stuff. But the 2nd
package in the customer’s order will cost double what the 1st does.
The 3rd will cost double what the 2nd does, the 4th
will cost double what the 3rd does, etc. So, if hand sanitizer, for
example, costs $10 for a large dispenser, and a customer insists on buying two,
the charge for the order will be $30. For an order of 3 dispensers, the price
will be $70. Four of them will cost $150. And if you really have deep pockets
and are really greedy about the item, you will pay $655,350 for 16 jugs of hand
sanitizer.
Of course, the customer who wants a lot of hand sanitizer might leave
the store after buying a single jug and come back to get another. But the same
can be said of store-implement rationing. I think that few would take the time
to return, especially when some stores have long lines just to get in.
Labels: hoarding, price gouging, selfishness
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