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		nazcan 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising... But doesn't extracting maximum profits at the expense of the company itself mean front loading profits - i.e. long-term worse outcomes? How does a PE company make money from that - unless who they sell it to is not saavu enough to realize it?

mvc 14 days ago [–]

If they sell all the assets owned by the company, they don't need to sell the company itself. They just need to find another one to strip.

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