stinkeypete
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Well, it’s a fact that sellers will conspire when they corner a market.
Things like basic transportation, communications, oil, water, food... are not optional purchases. “Free markets” are not the same as unregulated markets.
It’s an interesting ethical proposition. If I have 100 bricks of .22 ammo, is it ethical to sell them on an auction site and let buyers run the price up to crazy?
Is it unethical to simply demand that crazy price in your brick and mortar store?
Is it ethical to sell at auction and not supply your brick and mortar store at any price?
This too shall pass. I was talking to a guy that imports high end bicycles. He says bikes are sold out, that renting a container has gone from $35 to $200 if you can find one, and people have containers piled up at the dock as shipping is backed up six months. Supply chain is interesting stuff, not just our sport, it’s everything.
Things like basic transportation, communications, oil, water, food... are not optional purchases. “Free markets” are not the same as unregulated markets.
It’s an interesting ethical proposition. If I have 100 bricks of .22 ammo, is it ethical to sell them on an auction site and let buyers run the price up to crazy?
Is it unethical to simply demand that crazy price in your brick and mortar store?
Is it ethical to sell at auction and not supply your brick and mortar store at any price?
This too shall pass. I was talking to a guy that imports high end bicycles. He says bikes are sold out, that renting a container has gone from $35 to $200 if you can find one, and people have containers piled up at the dock as shipping is backed up six months. Supply chain is interesting stuff, not just our sport, it’s everything.