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Originally Posted by George Rice
I've felt for years that consumers should have an organization that keeps up with such things and speaks up and, if necessary, organizes boycotts against anti-consumer behavior.
There are consumer organizations, but nobody really cares about them.
I bet it's way more likely to organize a boycott that hurts the bottomline of a company by launching a fake news story that goes viral. I doubt MGM would notice a protest by consumers avoiding their resorts because of parking fees, but as soon as there's a big story out there about MGM being controlled by radical muslims that use profits to fund terrorism, you might see an impact.
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Originally Posted by George Rice
I think the major factor for not charging locals is that they have far more power to do something about it. Namely, they have representatives in the local government who can pass laws that make it hard for casinos to do certain things. A law against charging for parking at casinos in Clark County is far more likely if the locals aren't happy about it.
A law based on what?
We're not in soviet russia and don't talk about milk or epipens. If a casino decides they want to charge customers for parking, they have every right to do so.
I might be able to come up with a hundred things where goverment intervention into a free market might be a good thing. Parking fees are certainly not among them. If people are unhappy with casinos, they can go see a movie instead.