[tylerdurden]

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I'm pissed at MSFT for setting reverse price controls by pricing their xbox360 too low for the limited supply, thereby increasing demand and making it impossible for me to get one at a store with a return policy.

actually, if you think about it, they are manipulating demand through pricing. i wonder if it's possible that other companies would do similar things.

i'm not arguing for price controls mind you. i'm just saying even free markets can be imperfect.

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What's the problem? They have the xbox, they set the conditions under which they'll sell it (or the conditions under which they want their resellers to sell it under in order for them to distribute it to the reseller).