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[deleted] t1_ixmi18q wrote

Reply to comment by HappyArtichoke7729 in Algorithmic rent setting service under investigation by DOJ for collusion with landlords by JCwhatimsayin

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_ixoigpc wrote

They don't have control either.

The contracts behind the loans that the building was built with dictate how pricing is set. There's lots of fine print in those agreements to protect the investors.

A company can't just negate those contracts and set prices how they want. They agreed to run that building financially in very explicit terms before they broke ground.

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HappyArtichoke7729 t1_ixmig4m wrote

If the representative of the company that you happen to be speaking to, doesn't have access to or control over something, that's not your problem, it's an internal detail of how the company runs itself.

People tend to view their interaction with "the person" in front of them. You're interacting with a corporation, and this person is their paid mouthpiece. And this corporation can do whatever it wants to.

"I can't because" and "because policy" are lies, designed to make you stop inquiring, and just pay more money right now. And, THEY WORK WELL. Because people forget what I just said above.

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Jahooodie t1_ixmoxqu wrote

I mean they do have a point, and the whole reason of this thread is that the DOJ is smelling a conspiracy to raise prices laundered through the wash of a third party consultant algorithm that everyone happens to use to set similar skyrocketing prices. But also yes haggling at fast food vibes

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HappyArtichoke7729 t1_ixmqm16 wrote

Your intuition is off this time.

The lies work because a lot of folks, probably including you, just believe them and immediately pay more money when they're spoken. Why wouldn't the company lie if they get more money?

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HappyArtichoke7729 t1_ixmvziv wrote

> Is the leasing agent who’s a chill guy and is evaluated on occupancy part of the grand conspiracy to min max you and lying to you blind when he could just give half off rent? No.

Here you go again talking about people.

I'm not going to lunch with this person after work. When they're working, they are a representative of the company, and I am talking to THE COMPANY. I am not talking to them as an individual, this is a business discussion. The COMPANY either will or won't do something, but it has nothing to do with THE MEATBAG that's delivering the news to me.

You seem too thick-skulled to comprehend this.

You intuition is off again, in thinking I don't understand where the collusion comes from.

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