Surf industry paradox: Surfing, by its nature, contradicts basic capitalism

Re:Surf industry paradox: Surfing, by its nature, contradict... by lurquer on Friday February 07, 2020 @05:15PM (#22271672)

I prefer the 20% margin, of course. Why would I tie up an extra $900k to make 5% ?

You make the 20% with the 100k, and hopefully find similar opportunities with your other 9 stacks of 100k's.

Profit is the only driving force in the market.

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Re:Surf industry paradox: Surfing, by its nature, contradict... by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday February 08, 2020 @11:27AM (#22276544)

Like others, you seem to have completely missed the context, set up by the grandparent post.

The comparison is not about investing $X and making $Y profit. It's about selling $X with a given profit margin.

The actual capital requirements to sell $X are assumed to be roughly the same for both scenarios.

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