You have just got to love human nature.
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Whenever there is a fast buck to be had, the opportunists come out in force.
Just look at the price gouging in relation to next year's Anzac Day commemoration at Gallipoli.
The deaths of 60,000 Australian soldiers - and just as many, if not more - Turks is quickly forgotten when it comes down to dollars and cents.
Some Turkish hotels, close to the battlefield, have increased their prices by more than 300 per cent.
That hike has forced a number of Australian pass winners to hand their tickets back.
The elation of winning the ballot was soon forgotten once the new price structure was announced.
Fortunately, it appears two Wagga women have escaped the increased costs and they will be going on their trip as planned.
However, it appears they may be among the lucky ones.
Yes, it is understandable that supply and demand dictates prices, but surely in this case there should be a limit.
You only have to look at why so many people are going to Gallipoli next year in the first place.
They are going there to remember.
On April, 25, 2015, it will be 100 years to the day that so many of this country's young men were slaughtered.
The Australian contingent going to Turkey aren't going there for a party.
Indeed, far from it; they are going to pay homage to the thousands who died on the beaches and in the trenches.
Those soldiers sacrificed their lives so we can enjoy the lifestyle we have today.
It's a disgrace the price gouging has been allowed to happen.
Pilgrims should be encouraged to go to the western front next year - not turned away by high prices.
It really should be a case of the more visitors there to pay their respects the better.