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meric on Oct 22, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: What happened to Priceonomics?

I doubt the seller would mind. Amazon could have not bought it and let the seller hold onto the inventory longer. Amazon buying it from the seller brings the seller profit from future to now.

thaumasiotes on Oct 22, 2013 [–]

I don't understand how I provoked this response, but just for the record, I agree with the entire text of your comment?

meric on Oct 22, 2013 | [–]

I agreed with your comment and further elaborated why "I don't think anyone thinks such behavior would be morally alarming".

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