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by JumpCrisscross 3204 days ago
> With any other thing I want to buy, if I agree to pay the list price I get the item

This is a modern phenomenon wholly reliant on the predictable cost of industrially-produced goods. Houses are different. Your proposal would lead to: most people (a) listing at $100 billion, (b) giving no listing price, or (c) becoming reliant on third-party pricing consultants, since you only get one chance to get it right.