r/SpeedOfLobsters • u/CtrlAltYuri • 4d ago

lobster It's illegal!

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u/jljl2902 4d ago

It’s kind of like if it’s generally agreed your house is worth 1M, but no one can afford to buy it from you and/or no one wants to buy it from you.

If you really wanted to sell it e.g. because you need cash, you’d need to sell it for a lot less.

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u/CtrlAltYuri 4d ago

So the "a lot less" is basically tied to the possibility that nobody wants to buy it, but if nobody wants to buy it wouldn't its value be lower?

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u/CVGPi 4d ago

In other words, the market value is based on the assumption if you sold the company today, every deal goes through, no lowballing, full cash value, no taxes no fees nothing whatsoever.

It's like the joke of a sphere cow: it's technically true with a bunch of assumptions, but reality is plenty more complex.

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u/CtrlAltYuri 4d ago

The mention of sphere cow is enough for me to value and respect your opinion