What i don’t understand that why the price goes up for finished products, it is already made, raw materials used and manufacturing is paid.
If the store already has 10 TVs in the store, why the price go up?
If you have a given amount of packaged bread already in the store why the price goes up?
Edit1: Lightbulb from many: Restock… You need to restock on current price, if you don’t follow the price you gonna lose money
However the “willing to pay” argument is kind of maddening, because with basic necessities like food “willing to pay” is reversed, controlled by seller and transformed to “have to pay and going to do so”
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Your last bit there, you’re talking about [“A captive market”](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/captive-market), which is the opposite of “The Free Market” and you’re right. It is messed up. People aren’t “paying what they’re willing to pay” because “not paying rent” or “not buying food” simply aren’t an option.
Everyone talks about “Free Market Capitalism” but in many industries there is no free market what so-ever, there is a captive market run by a monopoly. (or duopoly if you’re lucky)
We recognize this issue, and that’s why most sane countries have public healthcare, electricity, and water… because those things are required to live, if they were sold only on the market without regulation, many, many people would die. Countries would struggle to develop.
It’s why I personally believe that food and housing should be decommodified and turned into a public good the same way utilities commonly are.
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