Horses playing hockey, though, is a tremendous idea.

Have you ever noticed that when a sports team makes it to the finals (World Series, Superbowl, etc.), that tickets increase in price by a tenfold? This is because there is a perceived rarity in the item they are receiving. A fan purchasing a ticket believes $3,500 is well worth the price of a ticket that would…

Yep, you are certainly in a league of your own intelligence-wise...

I see. so what you are saying is if you are paying $10K over sticker, a cop should shoot you in the face before you complete the transaction, thereby reducing the demand and the markup. Got it! ; )

did you just equate police brutality with market force? Bravo!

Straw man right there. Comparing car buying to cops killing people? There is no link there.

Jesus, bring it down a notch. Those two scenarios aren't even remotely related. The market value of a product is the point where a willing buyer and a willing seller agree. In this scenario, since a willing buyer would pay $10,000 over, that is technically the market price in this scenario. However, I would view it as…

what? That makes no sense. Cops murdering people had nothing to do with supply and demand and fair market value. If Toyota has 1 rcf to sell and guy a is willing to pay 10k more than guy b, guess who gets the car. And if guy b doesn't think it's worth that extra 10k he doesn't have to buy it. If I think I should be…

if people are willing to pay 10k over sticker for a car, then the market value is now 10k over sticker. If you feel the price should be at or below sticker, tough luck, the car costs 10k over sticker