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<p>[QUOTE="avr5700, post: 2412579, member: 30063"]So let me provide a detailed possibility:</p><p><br /></p><p>24 hours before the open sales window, permit a one per household/CC/account/etc guarantee on delivery (reserve) sale. All sales in that window would be in surplus of the stated 'limit' which itself would all remain available upon open. Nothing changes about the 'fun' competitive period for a hot item. If after a week, the competitive period's limit has not been reached, reserve sales would dip from the general pool and reduce the overage by whatever amount, if any. Worst case...the 'limit' is hit and the total sold in the limited reserve window would all be overage to add to the mintage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you really think something like that would be the same as 'unlimited' mintage? Even if so, there's still something to be said for base demand being more likely to control the actual numbers sold and thereby act in an ongoing value preserving manner. True demand isn't the type that evaporates as is revealed by a market full of flipping opportunists.</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn't hard...the mint could balance both sides and 'everyone' would win, except maybe the pre-sales fleabay bottom feeders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="avr5700, post: 2412579, member: 30063"]So let me provide a detailed possibility: 24 hours before the open sales window, permit a one per household/CC/account/etc guarantee on delivery (reserve) sale. All sales in that window would be in surplus of the stated 'limit' which itself would all remain available upon open. Nothing changes about the 'fun' competitive period for a hot item. If after a week, the competitive period's limit has not been reached, reserve sales would dip from the general pool and reduce the overage by whatever amount, if any. Worst case...the 'limit' is hit and the total sold in the limited reserve window would all be overage to add to the mintage. Do you really think something like that would be the same as 'unlimited' mintage? Even if so, there's still something to be said for base demand being more likely to control the actual numbers sold and thereby act in an ongoing value preserving manner. True demand isn't the type that evaporates as is revealed by a market full of flipping opportunists. This isn't hard...the mint could balance both sides and 'everyone' would win, except maybe the pre-sales fleabay bottom feeders.[/QUOTE]
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