1 step back, 2 steps forward? - Vote buying question

A few weeks ago I heard of call a whale and I have called Randowhale a few times, first for myself twice I think to test and then for a few accounts that I think were more deserving than the few cents I could offer.

Having thought about it a bit more, I am not going to do that again as I think it may not be in my long-term best interest to do so, even though I may get a return higher than the 2 dollar fee. I don't know how all the algorithms work but I think that anyone can do the same thing.

Right now, my vote is worth 77c but let's make it an even 1 dollar for this example. Call me: randotinyfish

I get 10 x 100% votes a day, That means that I can upvote 10 dollars to posts, comments etc.

If I sell each vote at half price, 50c, I can generate 5 dollars in income and can guarantee 10 dollars out of the pool. That means that anyone that buys a vote from me is guaranteed to double their outlay, one step back, but two guaranteed forward. But for me, I am selling access to the pool. There is no outlay for me other than what I have in SP. I am selling a product I do not actually own, but have access to (perhaps).

At the moment, I generate about 6 SP a week in curation, granted, I am not the most active curator. But, selling my 100 votes at half price (50c) guarantees me 35 dollars a week and not in SP, in immediately tradeable income. Plus the curation anyway.

Now, if my vote is worth 10 and someone transfers 5, I can make 350 a week, and if my vote is 100, transfer 50 and I can make 3500 a week. Something doesn't seem kosher about this.

The reason I won't use randowhale anymore is that each purchase drains the pool but the content it votes on can be absolutely anything. This isn't in my best interest for the long-term future of Steemit, I think. Plus, if anyone can essentially do this (at varying degrees of pool access) what happens to the site and content quality when no one curates?

I am not sure if this is the way I have said it here. Like I said, I don't understand all of this stuff, but perhaps someone that does can comment.

Does this make sense, or have I misunderstood something fundamental?

I am not trying and do not want to step on any toes here but I am very curious how this would play out if everyone decided to pay to play.

Taraz
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Oh, and instead of using randowhale, I will try to send a little directly instead. It may not be as much, but it isn't coming from the pool for content.