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Re:Buy payphones and retire by nerdponx on Monday October 28, 2024 @04:39PM (#41976022)
> put up some initial capital in exchange for even more money back

The "even more money back" part is, in principle, compensation for you gathering the capital together and taking on the risk of losing. Not that it works out that way in practice.

Re:Buy payphones and retire by eru on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @03:27AM (#41980335)
Also just compensation for the opportunity cost of not having access to your capital for a while.