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Originally Posted by CincyJohn

All very interesting- especially when you want to talk about government regulated industries like electricity. But why not answer the question at hand - is there something wrong, in your opinion, with a dealer having fixed costs, VERY limited inventory/ability to obtain stock due to the current circumstances, selling a car for above msrp to willing buyers who are willing to pay it?? Conversely, were you the “greedy” party when you paid less than msrp because market forces, at that time, compelled the dealer to sell it to you at that price??

I am consistent - I don’t have a problem with either situation and I don’t assign any kind of pejorative term or moral value to any of the parties involved.

oh were in full agreement that any capitalist business can choose to do anything they want within the law, its just that the smart ones who want to be in business 5, 10, 20 years later dont do dumb shit like fleece all their customers, especially when you are a geographically constrained business like a car dealer. the bhsinesses who only care abiut getting their libertarian on will find that they have no customers left to sell to soon enough.

also, again, yes, its greedy to do all that. you would never want to live in this hypothetical world youve constructed- if the clerk took a look at you at the store and charged you triple for your items cause you look like you could pay it, then the guy behind you would get charged half on his cause the clerk liked the way he looked better than you. but thats okay cause thats what the market bears in that moment, right?