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[RC] Easycare - Spottedracert's also not fair to other consumers.- Karen Forgive me if I'm wrong - but isn't this still a 'free market'? Car dealers, large retailers such as Walmart, Kmart, Homedepot, Lowes, Large catalogs such as Jeffers, Country Supply, etc..... ALL periodically offer discounts/sales... MOST of their competitors carrying same products practice 'price matching'... This is standard. I believe the Feds call 'price fixing' created by behind-the-scenes agreements - illegal. Hmmmmm.... Obviously, these retailers offering discounts - are still marking these products up enough over wholesale - to make enough profit to make it worth their while. Makes me wonder what the markup is that the 'manufacturer direct' retailer is getting? Since it's obviously a fairly high markup - since other large retailers/catologues are still 10-20% cheaper than the 'manufacturer direct'. I think it's unfair to consumers to be forced to pay higher prices through possible 'price fixing'. And for retailers to be unable to have a 'sale' - because the manufacturer says so.. (boy! Walmart wouldn't be around if the average manufacturer was like that!) I'm not 'down' on the product, I'm 'down/critical' of blatant misinformation. And think it's unfair for consumers NOT to be informed. - LP
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