When a business hikes the price of a good or service beyond its regular selling price, that business may be engaging in price gouging. Price gouging is often seen just before, during or after a natural disaster such as a snow or ice storm, hurricane, flood, fire or earthquake, when commodities like food, water, medicine and gasoline are in short supply. As Texas was bracing for Hurricane Ike, for example, drivers in the Southeast United States were paying as much as $6 per gallon for gasoline. Similarly, unfortunate Gulf Coast residents were paying up to $7 for a single bottle of water after Hurricane Katrina. Price gouging is not limited to times of emergency of course. Whenever a product or service is in short supply and high demand, the potential for price gouging exists. Price gouging may also occur when a consumer has no choice but to purchase an item at an inflated price because the item is not readily available from another source.

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