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<blockquote data-quote="gamersgambit" data-source="post: 4346813" data-attributes="member: 66022">I can't believe how many fallacies are contained in mlund and Korgoth's assertions.&nbsp;&quot;There's no reason for a Main Street full of businesses that do nothing more than play middle-man, buying from a distributor and selling on a mark-up.&quot;&nbsp;Pretty much *EVERY* retailer buys from distributors and sells on a mark-up, including Amazon.&nbsp; The *particular* market I am talking about in this post is *RPG Books* which have cover prices set by the publisher and printed on the damn books.&nbsp; It's not a *markup* in the sense that we're gouging customers.&nbsp;See re: Amazon and deep discounting loss leaders.&nbsp;&quot;and in the 90s people branded &quot;Big Box Stores&quot; the Devil (though they are always sure to mention Wal-Mart by name and never Target). &quot;. &nbsp;Do your research about WalMart *AND* Target.&nbsp; Target is hardly pristine in its practices or contributions to urban sprawl.&nbsp; But that's neither here nor there.&nbsp; Even were they pristine examples of good business practices, that doesn't excuse the tailspin they're putting the economy through.&nbsp; &nbsp;People don't think enough about economic modelling, largely due to the conceit that capitalism as it is defined in the American mold is the ideal path to wealth and prosperity.&nbsp; Has it not occurred to anyone, for instance, that the reason that deep-discounted big-box retailers are so popular is because //people are getting poorer//?&nbsp; Is there no correlation between the two?&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;And until the Sturmabteilung shows up to shut down consumer-friendly capitalism, I don't have to.&quot;&nbsp;I feel special, the thread I started has finally hit the Godwin's Law threshhold!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gamersgambit, post: 4346813, member: 66022"] I can't believe how many fallacies are contained in mlund and Korgoth's assertions. "There's no reason for a Main Street full of businesses that do nothing more than play middle-man, buying from a distributor and selling on a mark-up." Pretty much *EVERY* retailer buys from distributors and sells on a mark-up, including Amazon. The *particular* market I am talking about in this post is *RPG Books* which have cover prices set by the publisher and printed on the damn books. It's not a *markup* in the sense that we're gouging customers. See re: Amazon and deep discounting loss leaders. "and in the 90s people branded "Big Box Stores" the Devil (though they are always sure to mention Wal-Mart by name and never Target). ". Do your research about WalMart *AND* Target. Target is hardly pristine in its practices or contributions to urban sprawl. But that's neither here nor there. Even were they pristine examples of good business practices, that doesn't excuse the tailspin they're putting the economy through. People don't think enough about economic modelling, largely due to the conceit that capitalism as it is defined in the American mold is the ideal path to wealth and prosperity. Has it not occurred to anyone, for instance, that the reason that deep-discounted big-box retailers are so popular is because //people are getting poorer//? Is there no correlation between the two? "And until the Sturmabteilung shows up to shut down consumer-friendly capitalism, I don't have to." I feel special, the thread I started has finally hit the Godwin's Law threshhold! [/QUOTE]

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