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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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Dollar stores are notorious for this, using their market power to procure extremely small packages of common goods in "cheater sizes" that have high per-unit costs (e.g. the cost per ounce for soap), while still having a low price tag (the cost per (small) bottle of soap).
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2026-03-23T06:05:23.733Z