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minus-squareOnewithwind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIf there are less people In the chain, shouldn't everything cost less?
minus-squareclanginator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThat's what they're saying. Wholesale price is the same, retail should go down due to less people in the chain. They just phrased it poorly.
minus-squarebobman@unilem.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoI was referring to the overall cost of products, like what the businesses pay to bring them to market. Yes, things should cost less for customers because businesses are making less profit.
If there are less people In the chain, shouldn't everything cost less?
That's what they're saying. Wholesale price is the same, retail should go down due to less people in the chain.
They just phrased it poorly.
you would think so
I was referring to the overall cost of products, like what the businesses pay to bring them to market.
Yes, things should cost less for customers because businesses are making less profit.