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Old 11-20-2025, 11:25 PM   #123
hermanotarjeta
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Originally Posted by fabiani12333 View Post
Interesting -- so you're saying they want to create the perception that their products are available to everyone, while actually selling it in a way that tightly controls and limits the availability of it?

In that scenario, the product is being widely advertised to consumers, creating a demand and the perception of wide availability, but it's actually frustratingly hard to get at a reasonable price due to the method of distribution -- everything is being funneled through breakers.
Precisely.

Do they really have any incentive to leave any meat on the bone for middlemen?

Let them have a single slice of cake. A really thin slice.

Let the conjured demand do the rest.
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