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by eru 877 days ago
Why doesn't the original owner pad up the company (cut costs) and sell for more in the first place?
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what makes you think they didn't?
They might have done some of that, but obviously the second owner founds some more opportunities. To reformulate my question: why didn't owner n anticipate all the padding that owner n+1 was about to do, and sell directly to owner n+2 at the higher price that owner n+1 got?