• jimbolauski@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I see you got as far as supply and demand in your economics course before you zoned out. Competition specifically 3 competitors has been shown to apply sufficient pressure to stop price gouging. Airlines profit margins are at 8% which indicates sufficient completion.

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      1 year ago

      Too bad the regulations to support competition and disband oligarchies is so pathetically weak.

      Incidentally, why is it that every gas station in town can fix their prices together? Isn’t price fixing supposed to be illegal?

      There is not sufficient regulation to support the hypothesis of competition.

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        1 year ago

        Not sure if you are being sarcastic and think 8% is huge or you are being sincere and think 8% is poor. 8% is average compared to other industries.

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          1 year ago

          8% is tiny. Like, microscopic.

          In my industry, if your Profit Margin per ticket is less than 70% for a long enough time, your gonna go under. (Automotive Repair)

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            1 year ago

            I doubt your profit margin per ticket includes over head costs. Is sounds like it’s mostly direct costs that are included. If your shop truly had a 70% profit margin the owner would be loaded, for every 100k you charge customers they would be taking home 70k in profit.