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kmosiman t1_j23xk9x wrote

As far as I know the mattress store thing is just a conspiracy but it makes sense because the price is somewhat arbitrary.

So in theory a mattress store could buy products for $200 and sell them for $1000. This would allow them to take in a lot of profits and have a solid paper trail.

The same is true for restaurants since they could overcharge for meals and it would look legitimate.

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constantino675 t1_j242vc7 wrote

Yes, but you'd have to actually sell a mattress... your inventory is easily tracked through your supplier. If you say you sell 1000 mattresses, it would be easy to verify that.

Also, no one pays cash for a mattress.

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kmosiman t1_j24affx wrote

Which is why the mattress story is probably fake.

But the sales could be reasonable, you just need to find enough people to buy a mattress.

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