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Even for commonly sold items this practice is harmful to the consumer:
Information asymmetry shifts the power in any economic activities, and should never be encouraged.
Ah, now that’s a straight up scam. Market price should directly mean the price ‘printed’ on it or the retail price. Anything else needs to be mentioned explicitly