Klarinet Archive - Posting 000003.txt from 2006/08

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Buffet Pricefixing??
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:31:03 -0400

Karl Krelove wrote:
> Mark, what, short of "knee-capping" did the Supreme Court consider coercion?
>
Didn't go further ... but ...

Minimum price is not that uncommon. Try buying a Bose system or (I think
it was ) Whirlpool appliance during one of those "big whole-store sales"
at a discount house. Those brands and a few more are specifically
excluded due to Minimum Retail Price agreements.

As stated earlier, minimum price might not be all bad - it may stop the
huge distributors, who can afford loss-leaders or can get by with really
skinny margins, or in fact might try and corner the market, from
crowding out the small. Assuming that the wholesale costs don't vary
wildly ... which may or may not be true.

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