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Old 10-28-2013, 01:35 PM
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Gouging is when a hurricane hits and stores raise the price of water to $15.00 per gallon. We need water and have to pay the price. Free enterprise allows anyone to raise the price to whatever someone is willing to pay. As long as people continue to scoop up property at the rate they are in The Villages, the developer has the right to ask what he charges. Do I like it as a person getting ready to buy? Of course not, but it is his right. It is also my right to not buy. But, it's also an investment that can only appreciate in value as the boomers continue to age and we will be making that business decision.