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Comment by mbac32768

18 hours ago

This is from a mismatch in incentives and is well known.

The agents maximize their income by getting lots of quick sales. The seller maximizes their profit by being prepared to wait.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_proble...

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