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1. Iced Quinn :blobcatverifiedfake: (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 11-May-2022 03:02:12 JST Iced Quinn :blobcatverifiedfake:
   i'm not sure actually if most people would agree that loss leader strategies are anticompetitive :bunhdthink: i would imagine every console company would fight you if you tried to stop it
   • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Wednesday, 11-May-2022 03:02:08 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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     • lain
     @lain @icedquinn eh?- big pays less for components and assembly- sets lower price than competitorsdoesn't work?
   • lain (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 11-May-2022 03:02:09 JST lain

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     @icedquinn i think people mix up loss leader strategies with 'predatory pricing', that is, underpricing the competition (which doesn't work), which is generally seen as anticompetitive.
   • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Wednesday, 11-May-2022 03:11:53 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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     @lain @icedquinn always thought that's what it means, predatory pricing; big erases smalls by buying in bulk / getting the deals
   • lain (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 11-May-2022 03:11:54 JST lain

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     • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;
     @shmibs @icedquinn no, being cheaper than the competition does work of course, what doesn't work (or rather, is irrational and has no chance for being worthwile) is pricing your product below your production cost to corner the market.
   • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Wednesday, 11-May-2022 03:16:34 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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     @lain @icedquinn so the one with "loss" in name involves no losses, and one without does?
   • lain (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 11-May-2022 03:16:36 JST lain

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     • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;
     @shmibs @icedquinn no, it means pricing below your own production costs, so you actually make losses while doing it.
   • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Wednesday, 11-May-2022 03:20:53 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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     @lain @icedquinn so then what i was talking is neither "loss leader" nor "predatory pricing"?
   • lain (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 11-May-2022 03:20:54 JST lain

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     • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;
     @shmibs @icedquinn loss leading involves losses too, but the goal is different, it's to induce the customer to make follow up purchases that are not losses, for example, giving away razors and selling razor blades, or having a 'one burger one dollar' special for the first weeks after opening a restaurant.
   • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Wednesday, 11-May-2022 03:23:05 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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     @lain @icedquinn thought it was "predatory" because unidirectional, leaving small no chance ou compete
   • lain (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 11-May-2022 03:23:06 JST lain

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     • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;
     @shmibs @icedquinn no, that's just regular competition.