I could see that. Understand that Florida has very strict laws about price gouging by retailers (!) and they pursue them aggressively. Not sure that they have any sway over private sales, they might. I just haven’t paid that much attention.
-D > On Jul 31, 2020, at 1:53 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > >> Anyway, let's assume you have 40 units in stock and 400 people want them, >> right now, today. What's the best way to allocate them? >> >> 1. Sell them in the next hour to the first 40 people who lay down the money. >> 2. Have a lottery. >> 3. Raise the price until only 40 people need them that badly. >> >> 1.5 Attempt to do method #1, and get bought out by the first 5 >> hoarders/resellers. > > I suppose you could auction them off. Best of both worlds, in > theory. You get a price that recognizes the demand, but you're not > "gouging" since the bidders are the ones raising the price. > > Allan > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
