Posted by Tony Estep on URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Re-KX3-Deposits-etc-UpCharge-tp6636999p6637285.html
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Fred Jensen <[hidden email]> wrote:
> ....If serial numbers were absolutely sequential, an earlier
> slot on the list should be worth more than a later slot. It sort of
> resembles commodity futures?.....
>
> ==============
Well, not commodity futures. That's a different topic. However, selling
one's place in line in a purchaser queue happens in lots of economic
situations, including high-stakes games like wireless spectrum allocation.
Here's a link to a paper from an economics journal on ticket scalping, which
is similar: