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jacobush on April 15, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Thieves Steal Soap

The price difference would be lower, though. Hard to tell how low they'd need to go, but the other guy's cost is not $0. There is always opportunity cost, even for the other guy. (AKA it may push the other guy to greener pastures.)

elcapitan on April 15, 2016 [–]

Also, the illegal sellers probably operate on pretty thin profits as well, if that's their only source of income. So it might hurt them just enough.

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