If only I would have bought a few dozen snow shovels last week.  DC got smacked this weekend with a few feet of snow and every snow shovel for miles was bought by Friday morning. By Saturday, I probably could have sold a shovel for $75 (normal retail price $19), easy. Times a few dozen and poof = muh-lah! Oh well, I have never been much of an investor, or price gauger, anyway. How much more will we have to shovel in the next storm, I wonder?