Klarinet Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 2006/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Buffet Pricefixing??
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:02:19 -0400

At 09:29 AM 8/1/2006 -0400, Mark Charette wrote:
>> 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.

And I don't own any Bose products either. Too damned expensive.

>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.

Our store is pretty small, but we will match prices against anybody. It
can be done. But not on everything, I admit. There are some products that
are sold by the BIG retailers at prices below what we can get wholesale
directly from the factory, so I must assume that some outlets get better
"wholesale" prices than others.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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