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bigiain on March 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Piper Jaffray: iPad 2 totally sold out, 70% to new...

I wonder if its "second cheapest syndrome"?

https://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18811

Lots of people don't want to be seen as cheapskates, so the seller intentionally prices the second cheapest item with a very generous margin.

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