Actually the two "water products" in that picture are made by Coca-Cola, and DO NOT cost that much in the stores. Even by the bottle, you wouldn't expect to pay much more that $1.25-$1.50 at the most (often as low as $1), and by the case, FAR less (the Dasani wouldn't even be $10). They're not "designer waters" like Perrier (a product of Nestle actually) or anything like that. Hell Dasani is Coke's main, run of the mill, water brand. And, I often buy the Smart Water for $1 for a 1 Liter bottle.
The Worm used Amazon.com as an example of how Best Buy "wasn't" that out of line in their pricing (or so I believe he was trying to do anyway), BUT, as anyone knows, Amazon does not always have the best prices, and on food items, their prices are OFTEN much higher than the norm...PLUS, it doesn't say if that was actually being sold by Amazon or a 3rd party through Amazon. Plus through Amazon, you have shipping costs to consider. I believe if you are going to make a fairer comparison, you need to compare an actual brick and mortar store's prices with what Best Buy did (I'm also going to logically assume that they ordered extra water in anticipation of the storm).
If you did nothing wrong, why no explanation? Sometimes silence is deafening! Just sayin'!
Now, I can't speak for New Jersey, as I don't know NJ law, but most States do have laws that prohibit price gouging in the wake of a natural disaster for this very reason. Though I can not say what they were normally charging per bottle in the store, what they did in trying to sell it by the case was very close to the edge of breaking the spirit of the law, if not in fact breaking the law flat out. What they need to do (assuming logically that NJ has price gouging laws, like I already mentioned many States have) is report them to the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, and let them sort it out. :2 cents: