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Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get aro... by WalterBright on Friday May 29, 2020 @03:40PM (#23354578)
If I got wind that Bezos was determined to buy up every property in my neighborhood, I'd quadruple my price. Heck, 10x! Bezos would pay plenty. I'd buy my neighbor's house for 2x and jack that up 10x for the sale to desperate Bezos.

This is why such attempts to corner the market fail. See Hunt Brothers.

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Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get aro... by kd5bjo on Friday May 29, 2020 @03:57PM (#23354770)
Similarly, Disney bought the land in Florida for WDW quietly, using a bunch of shell companies, to avoid exactly this situation.
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