So a monopolist charging rip-off prices may be shunned, even if the shopper really wants the product.
Because it's the brokers asking, not you, firms know they cannot get away with rip-off prices.
I am calling on the government to back this approach and signal an end to rip-off prices".
For matches in Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, fans faced with rip-off prices may opt for cheaper accommodation just across the Polish border.
Governments in search of crowd-pleasing but cost-free measures might relish an excuse to crack down on "rip-off pricing".
Unfortunately that order stripped away security for millions and brought about stagnating living standards, inefficient privatised utilities charging rip-off prices and grotesque levels of inequality.
Couples pay "rip-off prices", according to fertility expert Robert Winston – as much as 10 times the fees levied in comparable countries such as Australia.
Beecham promises his first foray into the hospitality business, the £17m Hoxton Hotel in east London which opened yesterday, will "offer comfort and style without rip-off prices".
The good news is that Nationwide has relented, in one case at least – although like other insurers it is kicking back against accusations of rip-off pricing.
Governments can control entry to their countries, she said, can regulate airlines and ships, prevent inappropriate hotel development, and use taxes to shape visitor demand and benefit local people, place limits on rip-off prices that distort markets.
The furore over the prepayment meter cap raises doubts over whether the standard variable tariff cap, backed by draft legislation fast making its way through parliament, will really end "rip-off" prices.
