That'd be nice. Here it works differently. The big fish gets the service at cost, because if he bad-mouths you you won't have a business. The n00b or foreigner (or woman/man, in some industries) pays literally 10x. I've done some work in mystery shopping, and its hilarious how different quotes can be depending on gender, age and accent.

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They'd lose interest in making sandwiches for poor people, absolutely. This actually happens, of course. Usually caused by government regulations, but social pressure alone has an effect in the same direction.
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