Accepted greed from certain groups

Nope. Prices didn't go up for him. It in a franchise so they have different pricing models so city centre will be pricing A, suburbs pricing B and rural pricing C. THe franchises have to sell certain staples at the same price but they can apply higher or lower on other goods dependent on the local factors. He moved to city centre higher prices model A. Worked with retail software and friends work for the franchise systems. He moved to the higher city centre prices in the suburbs. He also raised the prices with the existing stock. When you do certain jobs you notice things others don't. He raised his prices because he could.

You are dead right I accidentally used the wrong term you are a sociopath. Her age and condition make her vulnerable never said unique. If you live in a world where you think vulnerable people should be taken advantage of you are a sociopath. That is not an insult that is a realty of what you are reporting to believe. If you can indicate you understand that nobody should be taken advantage of then you aren't a sociopath. Were you ever taken advantage(not sexual) of as a child? Most people were and remember the feeling and don't want others to feel that way if you are missing that part of understanding you have the issue

Because of the price gouging connotations of the job bother them or they don't want them to damaging their bodies. My cousin is a tradesman as is my BIL. One of them never wore the safety gear and has chronic back pain and needs his knees to have surgery. It's a nasty business really so I have some sympathy for what they do to themselves. Most plasterers die of heart attacks from having their arms in the air so much when plastering ceiling as the heart is under so much strain pumping blood above the heart for so long. In saying that many take shortcuts causing these issues such as the bad knees from not wearing knee pads.

So you personally take part in overcharging and are also complaining that it happens. Strange view. There is no reason to question my honesty but there is for you as you are at least admitting to being dishonest in one way. I couldn't do that and respect myself. I have seen incompetence cost a lot of money and gouging by some very large consultant companies but I won't work for them as a result. One place I worked the large consultancy company mistook me for his contractor and complained I was leaving on time and they couldn't charge the client as much if I kept doing that. I had to explain to him I worked for the client specifically to make sure they weren't overcharging. Saved the client half a million easy as the PO told me all the ways I should be working to overcharge the client. Never seen such an own goal in my life.

No it is relevant when your view is so out of kilter with society norms. You seem to know and accept what you are and want me to take/accept your view. I will not take your view and I will point out it is so flawed. Laws are there saying the exact opposite of what you think. The broken toy doesn't know it is broken but you know others disagree with your view and you are a minority but think yourself right anyway. No need to point out your distorted view again we know what it is and how irrelevant it is.

You are the one knowingly processing an exaggerated bill. If you are just saying there are more people than needed so costs are too high that is different to overcharging. Main reason being the contract at the start agrees how many people and how much will be charged and the client agrees and takes that offer. It does mean being charged more than possible both parties agree this based on their analysis. A fair system. Most bloat I see is to deal with inexperienced staff on the client side, why companies think a person doing a job is suddenly able to test software because they know what happens at present is madness. No training in IT or basic information on how to run tests and they are the client point of contact for the real detail. Certainly have seen big development companies drop barely system test code on clients and run out the warranty to charge for huge fixes. Private and public companies fall for this all the time but it is really their own fault for not training their staff to save pennies while costing the project millions. There nearly needs to be another level of consultants to check out the processes between client and consultants.

IT standards have progressively got worse over time as the people developing don't even know they are making mistakes or even some basic terminology. Genuinely worked with a developer that didn't know the icon for saving was a floppy disc. That isn't just an age thing if you work in IT