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Old 04-07-2012, 08:39 AM   #35
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You're saying that Rockefeller got rich by selling a product at a price that no-one could afford to buy? Just teasing, actually, but you get my drift; if no-one can afford it... no profits can be realized. Especially luxury-type items.

I was hoping for some examples under the current anti-trust laws—since that's what Amazon would be bound by.
He got rich by forcing the competition out of business by undercutting them and then, when he'd achieved a monopoly, massively raising prices. People had no alternative but to buy from him. There was no other source of fuel.
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