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Nick Martell

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The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

In fact, Sotheby's is offering 7% interest to those willing to wait after Sotheby's sells their art.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

It's the first ever sell now, get paid later scheme that we've ever seen.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

I mean, Jack, now that we're thinking about this, it's kind of like Sotheby's is like one of those Bravo reality stars, right, man?

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

They look rich, but behind the scenes, they actually have huge credit card debt.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Real Housewives of Sotheby's is what we're thinking.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Imagine if you sold a house and your realtor was like, I'll give you the money in six months.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Ah, not going to work.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

So Jack, how did Sotheby's ruin the perfect luxurious business model?

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

In a word, crapitalism.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Going once, going twice, going three times.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at Sotheby's?

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

We have to call out crapitalism when we see it.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Yetis, Sotheby's actually used to be a publicly traded stock up until 2019.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

That's when it got bought up by Patrick Drahi for 3.9 billion bucks.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Patrick Drahi, the Franco-Israeli billionaire, borrowed about a billion dollars to acquire Sotheby's back in 2019.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

And his pitch?

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Let's blow up Sotheby's from an auction house into a luxury house, not just art.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

We're talking a whole Sotheby's lifestyle.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

He bought the former home of the Whitney Art Museum in New York City for $100 million to make it the new Sotheby's Madison Avenue headquarters.

The Best One Yet
🤬 “Annoyance Economy” — Why Surcharges surge. Amazon’s car biz. Sotheby’s starving artists. +Tomato Blockade

Then, for the last two years, Sotheby's has opened restaurants in New York, London, Paris.