Regarding the hurricane shutters, be a man and tell these customers that you have a schedule and cannot make it to them because, as an honest businessman, you take care of your regular customers as promised.
Where and when I grew up telling someone "be a man" is a major insult.
Raising his price should tell the customer to look else where and if they choose to accept his price he still has to arrange it around his schedule. You are not walking in his shoes so try looking at it from a different perspective.
MY opinion is that "price gouging" is a term that the press and politicians love because it gives them a reason to stand in front of a microphone and run their mouths.
If you didn't fill your gas tanks last week then its your fault. The hurricane hit the Texas refining industry hard which is a major part of our gasoline supply. Then we have another hurricane this time heading for the east coast, get ready.
As far a the morality of giving, selling gasoline as the original question of this threads asked I didn't address it in my first post. Why not? Because I really thought it was obvious that assisting others is always good. My concern is and was that it might be viewed as illegal and might start trouble among those who want the gasoline. 73, Mike
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