I dunno, let's try the more complete version: "There's $100 in this box. You can't open it, or look inside it, but trust me, it's there. Now you need to go o

I dunno, let's try the more complete version: "There's $100 in this box. You can't open it, or look inside it, but trust me, it's there. Now you need to go over to my mate George, and give him the box, and he'll give you $100 for it. But only if you haven't opened it!" Now it just sounds like you're being recruited as a drug mule. :) Okay, granted, in your scenario their are multiple box dealers who are willing to bid on your unopened-but-totally-contains-$100 box. If you work at it, it's quite possible that you might even get some semblance of a fair offer. But should you need to work at it? And this still feels like a system which lends itself to collusion, uncertainty, and unfairness. Nor is that even hypothetical; we KNOW that our industry suffered from a serious wage-fixing cartel which was only recently busted open. I feel like any argument against transparency has a high bar to clear.