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248 sats \ 5 replies \ @bief57 OP 20h \ parent \ on: 2 ways to buy gasoline in Venezuela econ
Yes, both methods are legal and work in parallel. Payment methods include cash in bolivars, transfers, or credit cards. Cash in dollars is also available. What's not legal is the ticketing of coordinators. It shouldn't be illegal for people selling free gasoline if it's their own and obtained legally. They're just trying to take advantage of a broken system. They're also trying to profit from long lines to generate some income by selling their spot in line to someone who didn't want to and couldn't get up early.
Another thing I've heard a lot is that gasoline is not as good these days and is very dirty, which causes car fuel filters to deteriorate quickly.
It’s pretty normal for states to introduce a distortions and then punish people for trying to benefit from them.
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Yes, that happens a lot, for example there was a time when they were giving away cars and appliances, well in reality they were selling them at a very low cost, insignificant prices and they imprisoned the people who sold those products to others for higher prices.
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I also recall reading about crackdowns on bitcoin miners, who were taking advantage of the heavily subsidized electricity prices.
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Which is illogical, outrageous, and funny at the same time because they have mining equipment on military bases. I don't know if you saw a news story from a few years ago where a problem occurred in a prison and it came to light that the prisoners (the pranes) had mining equipment. I want to write a post about that.
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You should definitely write a post about that. It sounds very interesting.
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