John,
Do we drop our bond now, since it serves no purpose.
The Board must have been isolated from reality, at one time, when business practices were discussed, they said that you should not mark-up your material more than 10%, well if you move a stack of 1/2 rigid conduit, there goes the 10%. This statement was made years ago at a group of new test takers. So when you say "Price gouging", this can include those of us who may mark-up more than 10%. Most of the EC's try to conduct business in an Ethical way, however Ethics, mean one thing to me, and another to someone else, you cannot define Ethics. The Board has defined Rules, which if not followed, will lead to Misconduct, for those who are licensed. I think most of us worked very hard, and long hours to get our license, and do not want to lose it for any reason.