Moshkito
Hi,
I like the idea of the World of Warcraft economics!
The Item -- 10G
So you sell 2 of them for 22G
Then you sell 100 of them for 1500G
Somehow it makes more sense in this day and age!
You pay for the convenience of "having it", or "getting it".
Not really what I was saying but I have indeed seen things like that happen.
You start out with a product you are selling for $10 a pop. People start flocking to it and start buying more than they need (oooh... I'll get one for me and maybe my brother will want one... oh and you know who else would think this is cool). Someone else will see this and come along and offer to buy the whole lot for a little below the $10 per unit price. Some else will see that, think "hmm... maybe I could make some money off these", panic and offer MORE than $10 per unit. Now you have a bidding war on your hands and end up with twice as much for the lot than you were selling them per unit.
The "winner" enjoys the momentary rush of victory and walks away with their box of crud. Only in the car on the way home does it start sinking in how he's going to have to explain his wife this box of 100, slightly used, digital egg timers.
But it matters not... because HE... and HE ALONE was VICTORIOUS!!!
VICTOOOORRRYYYYYYYY!!!!!!