Planets would have to align to make hoarding profitable for producers. Consider: - The firm would need to choose potential future income over current income i

Planets would have to align to make hoarding profitable for producers. Consider: - The firm would need to choose potential future income over current income i.e. not need the cash flow and have no good way of investing that money (internally or externally) - Current sales would have to cannibalize future sales, or else they would sell now and in the future - The value of the future sale would have to be discounted by the chance that the customer buys from a competitor. So either you're talking about a monopoly or staggering inflation I don't see this ever happening under what anyone would consider acceptable levels of inflation. What annual rate do you think you'd have to see before this makes any sense?