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30. True. Pricing isn't based on cost, but "what the market will bear"

Reply to llmart (Reply #24)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 03:17 PM

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The only things that might go back down would be if something actually did lose a lot of sales. That might be lowered enough to get sales back up.

But for damn near everything, they now know what people will pay and will keep charging it. Just like oil companies.

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