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Interesting economic theory. Look up "monopsomy". This is where there is only a single buyer for a good. Usually this arises in e.g. command economies (think Russia and ten-year-plans). Your twist on this is that dkdkk is such a deep-pocket buyer that he is causing prices to rise for everyone else. This isn't monopsomy as it's usually used, but maybe it's a monopsomy in a auction economy. Admittedly even though thousands of the machines you're talking about were produced, there usually is a small number for sale each year because there aren't many left and those that are left don't move all that often. So to paraphrase you and put it into my terms: capitalistic economies can lead to monopolies. You're saying that they also lead to a monopsomy in this case. I gotta think about that some more. Tim.