tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10549832.post4231196241174978663..comments2007-09-22T18:08:48.313+04:00John B. Chiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18208312356775869565uaeeconomist@hotmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10549832.post-72734962816814547522007-09-22T18:08:00.000+04:002007-09-22T18:08:00.000+04:00Yed, there is more demand in Ramadhan as people distribute cooked dishes to their neighbours and have more family gatherings during this time. The reason the shop keepers are being ask to not raise prices is because it is Ramadhan, and a month of charity and kindness. Salaries are mostly dorment and the standard of living is always increasing, plus petrol and other things such as health and education. Therefore, the consumers can only handle so much. If you go deeper into the demand and supply thing, you will find that quality products are not always sold too and are not worth the asking prices. There is a lot of cheating regarding the quality of the end product reaching the consumer. For, example; what is on a rice sack (product name) may not be exactly what it is inside. It could be another brand. I know this from experience of buying over the years. Really consumers are being ripped off in many ways. Far & south Asian sales people are not trust worthy regarding their goods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10549832.post-72263691073544678452007-09-12T22:17:00.000+04:002007-09-12T22:17:00.000+04:00In Oman stores are only allowed to have two sales a year plus one more with special approval. This stupid law was made in the 80's when people used to complain that shops increase their prices and then announce huge sales which bring prices back to the original prices. In order to stop that our Ministry of Commerce came out with a law in which businesses have to apply to the ministry for a permit to hold a sale and submit the prices of all the items which will be on sale with price before and after the sale indicated. However, this law doesn't require any proof that the original price isn't tampered. It's stupid. It doesn't work. It's totally useless. Businesses should be allowed to have as many sales promotions as they want. And if they are not really reducing prices then people should stop buying from them.muscatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15955758251080080159noreply@blogger.com