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samrus
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Uber shuts operations in Nigeria and Uganda with i...
Its not that much. And you can just bypass it by accepting the first offer you get
landl0rd
20 days ago
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In a system where you are expected to haggle taking the opening price puts a pretty heavy tax on everything. It's more work to get to a vaguely similar equilibrium distributed slightly less evenly when you look at big markets for similar things.
Sayrus
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In a system where fees reach 50%, you are starting with a heavy tax no matter the starting price.
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