Mmastodon WarMiddle East first seen 3 d ago, last 3 d ago, peak #12

Hard-to-find vegetables sold openly at inflated prices

Original: Imagine, these are the vegetables brazenly displayed on stalls in vegetable shops, as if it were perfectly normal! The m

Shoppers are complaining that vegetables which are supposedly unavailable are being openly displayed and sold in vegetable shops, with a merchant reportedly charging around 15 shekels for produce that is otherwise in short supply. The post accuses sellers of sourcing scarce goods privately and selling them at a markup while presenting the situation as normal, sparking anger over opportunistic pricing during shortages.

Why now: People are angry about price gouging and the open sale of scarce vegetables during a supply shortage.

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• Imagine, these are the vegetables brazenly displayed on stalls in vegetable shops, as if it were perfectly normal! The merchant knows perfectly well that the vegetables are unavailable, yet he finds them and compensates for the shortage by selling them for 15 shekels,… · israajamal@ieji.de · 1

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