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It's certainly the same market, however it's still hardly a level playing field. There's social niches, even in elementary schools, that people generally avoid drifting out of, however a nomad can drift between these niches and exploit mispricings in an individual market.

It's not so much changing market, but being a supplier who looks for clients who haven't met the other suppliers in the market. It wouldn't be arbitrage, but it would be a nice way of exploiting newbies in a market. Sort of how Bestbuy profiteers off of having a well recognized names whilst being far off from having the best prices (I bought a surge protector the other day that they were selling for $20 more than the place across the street, I was smart enough to bring the other stores flyer and got 10% off extra).



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