Price gouging is a term for a seller pricing much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. In precise, legal usage, it is the name of a felony that applies in some of the United States only during civil emergencies. In less precise usage, it can refer either to prices obtained by practices inconsistent with a competitive free market, or to windfall profits.
Take a $16 ticket, add $5.90 convenience charge, then add $2.20 for ordering online, and that's a 52% markup for a ticket to buy from ticketmaster.com
FIFTY PERCENT MARKUP, now THAT IS PRICE GOUGING!!!
Softwarecode bought by a company and embedded in their own product which becomes much more expensive than originally thought to maintain, but even more expensive to replace, allowing the original software writer to wildly increase their annual fees.
Each year I pay 20% more for that gougeware we bought from ABCDSoft and will continue to do so until my product is obsolete as I cannot find an alternative.
The blatant, purposeful and nefarious act of overcharging for condoms. Mainly perpetuated by chaindrug stores, such as CVS, service stations, and assorted other 24-hr convenient stores.
Hey dude, I've got a tip for you. Never buy connies at CVS. I paid $13.49 for a box of 12, last week. Then tonight I went to grocery store, and the same prophylactics were $3.99. Dude, fuck CVS-- that's straight-up "dick-gouging!"