So...
Lets pretend I own a gunstore.
Lets pretend I'm pure of heart,an altruist,and all around nice guy.I want to share the wealth with my fellow shooters.
And,I have a substantial quantity of old stock ammo .
So,I put out 9mm,45 ACP,white box at $ 35 a box of 100.Oh,and take the kids shooting!! I am selling 22 LR at $15 a brick!!
Will you be outraged that I,gun store owner, am being ripped off? What??
You say that is different? Ripoff only works one way??? What was that?
You say I'm selling at my own free will? Ahhh.I see.
Are you buying at your own free will? Ultimately,isn't price set by what you are willing to pay?
If I did have a gunstore,and if I did put ammo out at yesterday's fantasy prices, I'll tell you how it would go.
Before the 10th customer came in,the cellphones would come out,somebody with spare cash would come in and clear the shelves of all cheap ammo,and they would laugh at me while they did it.
And a Dad would come in and say "I'd like to take my family out to shoot the 22's. I'm out of ammo. I'd pay $50 for a brick of 22 LR"
I'd have to tell him " I priced mine at $15 a brick,then one guy bought it all"
In order to feel "Ripped off" I have to assume the role of "Victim".
I set my own limits on what I will pay. Then I make a choice. I don't get ripped off.
Maybe if you paid enough that you feel ripped off you could go on Oprah ,tell your story,pass the Kleenex around and have a group hug.