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Originally Posted by Pat R
There must be a better example than that, the items are already at a set price and they're not selling them for someone else.
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It's not an equivalent example, but I think the claim that it is specific to auction houses is generally true. When I buy a firearm consigned to my dealer by another private owner, I don't pay the dealer a buyers premium because it is a consignment item, as a equivalent example. I've never encountered a 10-20% premium for just doing business in any other sphere of commerce; though I am probably just not aware of something that does also, in fact, follow this practice too.