> Wouldn't you expect that a company operating on free market principles went for a good but cheap option? No, I expect it to do what the market can bear. “The

> Wouldn't you expect that a company operating on free market principles went for a good but cheap option? No, I expect it to do what the market can bear. “The market“ can be a single person and single entity, a trade between two market participants where of course, any price is a market-good price. Good simply meaning a transaction occurred and settled, while bad meaning it did not. Those are my expectations. Doesn't mean thats what I would do or negotiate or whether I would mildly chuckle at what was negotiated.