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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
That's nice, but prices aren't indexed to costs. They're based on demand and other factors.
Used is not a valid price comparison.
Not that price comparisons ought to matter, really. The better question is whether the price matches what customers are willing to pay. If they are, then the price is justified. If they aren't, the publisher will feel market pressures to reduce the price.
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Ah, yes, the invisible hand at work. How's that working out for your pension? If people who hold a monopoly are able to use it to successfully extort a higher price, it's justified? How is this anything other than a might-makes-right argument?