The picture of the ice is fake. It could be any cooler anywhere, anytime. It's a standard ice cooler. It was PAIRED with a pic of the Queensland Liquor store, but that doesn't mean that the store was selling it for that.
The water was bought from a place that only sells individual water. You want a pack of 24, fine...but you are paying individual price. People pay $2 or more for water all the time. This is not price gouging (at least, not right now, but we aren't speaking in general...)
The fruit tray is a rip off from the get-go, and that's it's regular price.
EVERY other instance has been "I heard someone say" or "A friend of a friend got charged..."
This is a highly emotional time, and people simply aren't thinking straight...just reacting off the cuff.
While stores are legally obligated to not raise prices during an emergency, they are by no means legally obligated to lower them, either. I hear people calling for stores to be giving water away, etc...
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