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Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get aro... by BurningFrog on Friday May 29, 2020 @03:10PM (#23354246)
With price controls, what happens is not that everyone has access to things.

It's that they sell out, and no one can buy any.

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Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get aro... by colejohnson66 on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:54PM (#23356551)
So we need price controls and rationing.
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Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get aro... by BurningFrog on Friday May 29, 2020 @10:39PM (#23357993)
That's a classic approach. Better that only price controls, probably.

But I believe the free market will handle it best.

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