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What motivates spammers?

I don't get it, Dave. I get reams of lame, idiotic spam email and occasionally read through them to see what offers are being made, and they're just so incredibly dumb that I can't imagine that ANYone would ever respond....

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How does scarcity affect product pricing?

What happens to the price of a product when it is scarce but in demand?...

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Does raising profit margin increase costs?

Dave, My question is this: If you arbitrarily raise your profit margin will you increase costs? I say yes in terms of the loss in market share for your product based on the what the market will pay for the...

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