you aren't going to magically make more supply

you have x number of stuff, you can't make more on a dime

it doesn't cost you money to make more, it costs you time

you're acting like the supplier is somehow being greedy by not producing more

and coughing on agents who ask him questions. get fucked.

@Coolitic No, we're acting as if someone is being a fucking hoarder for monetary gain like some kind of fucking semite.

hoarding makes you lose money

this is what happens when you don't take a basic economics class, or ever manage a business yourself

> hoards before supply runs out
> gouges price
> loses money?

you *can't* make any more during a shortage, that's *the definition* of a shortage

@Goddess Tyche yes, that's economics

no one cares what you think coolitic. the dudes been arrested. good luck explaining economics to people in a crisis. this is what you people do not get. Taking action will always be favored by the masses, rather then standing by.

And you. People like you. Let other people make the decisions and the actions while you just sit there like oh no muh economics

yes, buying low and selling high loses you money

I don't know what dude you're talking about, and no, I am just describing a *reality* you cannot change

fucking retard

no, buying and selling in a short-period of time is always a loss, you want to even it out and avoid large dips or hills

which is why you have extra stock to *prepare* for a shortage, that's just responsible stock-keeping

unfortunately, in *today's* manufacturing model, everything is made Just-In-Time, and they don't keep a stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-in-time_manufacturing

Yes, we know, now explain please how buying low and selling high loses money.

because if you sell everything in a short-period of time, the you have increased cost in maintaining your stock and increased cost in trying to get them out in such a short period

unlike stock markets, the stock of supplies actually has a significant degree of maintainance

> the you have increased cost in maintaining your stock

What cost? You literally just store boxes in a basement, lmao.

and if we run out. we run out.

maybe read the link I just gave, warehouses absolutely have a running cost

> warehouses

the guy had tons of masks in his basement basically

but the most important people get it first and at a low cost if not for free. because this is the real world. not some spreadsheet that tracks the economics of mask supply

that's why many switched to a JIT model of production, which has the unfortunate side-effect of poorly preparing one to sudden changes

what cost? oh, he had to turn on the light and waste time stacking them, like lmao, are you retarded?

again, read the link

link irrelevant

if it had no cost, they'd just constantly have a very large supply of everything and make a great deal of profit from that

@Coolitic the dude in questio n was a scalper lol

again, I'm not talking about that dude

WE ARE

that kike fuck is what stared the convo lol

fucking retard

I specifically said, at the start, that I was not talking about it, your fault for not reading, just like you wont read the link

then what is your point? that markets usually don't keep stock? ... well, it's not usually right now, is it, you sperg

No this conversation started with Eden saying that the dude shouldnt have been arrested, and then you said yes. eden is right.

no, that increasing price on the suppliers side when a sudden drop happens is better than letting scalpers do it for you