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                          <h1 class="title" id="page-title">Texas AG receives hundreds of complaints about price gouging</h1>
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</script></div></div><p>Lovvorn said those reports include several gas stations allegedly charging $3.50 a gallon, and in one extreme case $20 dollars for a gallon. Paxton's office is sending Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) to the accused businesses.</p><p>"That last example was reported yesterday afternoon and a CID was prepared that same evening," Lovvorn explained.</p><p>In another case, Lovvorn said, involved a business allegedly selling cases of bottled water for $99. A photograph from one Houston resident that has been retweeted widely shows cases of bottled water being sold for $43 at an area Best Buy.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en">One Houston resident sent me a pic of water he saw being sold for *$42* at a nearby Best Buy. They were kind enough to offer $29 bottles too <a href="https://t.co/8dKz3sJJM1">pic.twitter.com/8dKz3sJJM1</a></p>— ken klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/902571298521399296">August 29, 2017</a></blockquote><p>In a statement to The Hill, a Best Buy spokesman called the pricing “a big mistake” made by a few workers.</p><p>“This was a big mistake on the part of a few employees at one store on Friday. As a company we are focused on helping, not hurting affected people. We’re sorry and it won’t happen again,” the spokesman said.</p><p>“Not as an excuse but as an explanation, we don’t typically sell cases of water. The mistake was made when employees priced a case of water using the single-bottle price for each bottle in the case.”</p><p>Speaking on Fox News on Saturday, Paxton said that the consequences for price gouging are heavy.</p><p>"If you gouge somebody that's over 65, the cost is up to $250,000," Paxton said Saturday. "So there's some severe penalties, and we're looking for them, and we'll be coming after them."</p><p>Paxton's office is encouraging Texas residents to report price gouging and other scams by emailing <a href="mailto:consumeremergency@oag.texas.gov">consumeremergency@oag.texas.gov</a> or by calling (800) 621-0508.</p><p><em>—Updated at 4:16 p.m.</em></p></div></div></div>            <div id="bottom-story-socials" class="blogs-social-wrp">
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