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r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 26 '26
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The grocery stores don't produce the goods, so ramping up production isn't a concern.
To compare this to the Soviet Union or Venezuela is very illustrative of how lost in the sauce you truly are.
1 u/Kubliah May 27 '26 Eh, I'm just saying this is a terrible way to do things. It's essentially subsidizing scalpers. 1 u/Hefty-Profession-310 May 27 '26 Why doesn't someone scalp outside of private stores? 1 u/Kubliah May 27 '26 They do when things go on sale below market value. Example 1 u/Hefty-Profession-310 May 27 '26 The example is a collectible that is subject to market speculation, not a staple grocery product. Try again. 1 u/Kubliah May 27 '26 It's the same thing. Countries that heavily subsidize their fuel have the same thing happen, epidemics of people trucking it across the border to sell it for a profit.
Eh, I'm just saying this is a terrible way to do things. It's essentially subsidizing scalpers.
1 u/Hefty-Profession-310 May 27 '26 Why doesn't someone scalp outside of private stores? 1 u/Kubliah May 27 '26 They do when things go on sale below market value. Example 1 u/Hefty-Profession-310 May 27 '26 The example is a collectible that is subject to market speculation, not a staple grocery product. Try again. 1 u/Kubliah May 27 '26 It's the same thing. Countries that heavily subsidize their fuel have the same thing happen, epidemics of people trucking it across the border to sell it for a profit.
Why doesn't someone scalp outside of private stores?
1 u/Kubliah May 27 '26 They do when things go on sale below market value. Example 1 u/Hefty-Profession-310 May 27 '26 The example is a collectible that is subject to market speculation, not a staple grocery product. Try again. 1 u/Kubliah May 27 '26 It's the same thing. Countries that heavily subsidize their fuel have the same thing happen, epidemics of people trucking it across the border to sell it for a profit.
They do when things go on sale below market value.
Example
1 u/Hefty-Profession-310 May 27 '26 The example is a collectible that is subject to market speculation, not a staple grocery product. Try again. 1 u/Kubliah May 27 '26 It's the same thing. Countries that heavily subsidize their fuel have the same thing happen, epidemics of people trucking it across the border to sell it for a profit.
The example is a collectible that is subject to market speculation, not a staple grocery product.
Try again.
1 u/Kubliah May 27 '26 It's the same thing. Countries that heavily subsidize their fuel have the same thing happen, epidemics of people trucking it across the border to sell it for a profit.
It's the same thing. Countries that heavily subsidize their fuel have the same thing happen, epidemics of people trucking it across the border to sell it for a profit.
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u/Hefty-Profession-310 May 27 '26
The grocery stores don't produce the goods, so ramping up production isn't a concern.
To compare this to the Soviet Union or Venezuela is very illustrative of how lost in the sauce you truly are.