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Re:The ballooning money supply may be the key to unlocking i... by FooHentai on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @05:27PM (#24770530)
Hinges on what you believe would have happened to stock that scalpers bought, had they not done so. It may have left enough on the shelf for the would-be customers of scalpers to meet their needs. On the other hand, that leftover stock may have been obtained by panic buyers.

On a hunch I'd say a scalper would purchase more off the shelf than a panic buyer, because with the goal they have in mind they a) want a large quantity to resell to a large number of people and b) want to drain shelf stock to increase their odds of success.

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Re:The ballooning money supply may be the key to unlocking i... by leetcrew on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @07:10PM (#24771374)
that's why I used the toilet paper example. I don't think scalpers have enough storage space to clear an entire region's stockpile of tp. I did read a story of a guy who did exactly that with hand sanitizer, literally bought the entire supply from every store within 100 miles. that does change the analysis.
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