• Patches@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    If prices are up because of inflation by 20% and you sell 7% more than you did last year then you actually sold less.

    Same way every movie breaks records. They charge $20 for a ticket when it used to be $6.

    You would need to see spending for the year to say anything definitive. They could all be pinching pennies waiting for deals and not spending normally the rest of the time.

    We don’t know.

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      1 year ago

      Also that number is online only and could just be again more people bought online than in person, meaning overall spending can atill be down. But also yeah inflation of prices really lets it look like each year is better even if you have less buyers overall.

      Its a game of perspective. That people and corps are bery careful to play or else the casino runs dry.