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by dzink 2313 days ago
Storefronts are becoming the discovery location, while sales shift online. In the past few months I’ve had more than one staple household purchase disappear from grocery shelves to require us to buy from Amazon. It makes sense - stores now charge something like $250k for stocking/shelf space fees. Bookstores have a different structure, but I hope to see more online warehouses show up to rival Amazon, because scalpers do enjoy hiking prices there whenever something is out of stock elsewhere.
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> because scalpers do enjoy hiking prices there whenever something is out of stock elsewhere.

True, but if you despise scalpers, how are you going to get an unavailable something?