[Nevermark]

Agreed. Raising a price to its optimum level is what markets do for a good reason: reserving goods for those who actually want them the most.

It is true a more efficient market would have original sellers finding that optimal sale price, but when they can’t, getting some “help” from resellers does maximize value to buyers by sending goods where they are most appreciated or needed.

And resellers also signal to anyone paying attention, the true value of goods. So sellers that look around have an easier time choosing optimal pricing as well.

If sellers need more sophisticated tools to do that, that would seem like a net positive business opportunity for a seller or reseller to create those tools for others to use.

But complaining that less efficient markets had advantages to particular people, while ignoring that optimal pricing is THE core service open markets provide to allocate goods to everyone’s overall greatest benefit, doesn’t make sense.