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
