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<blockquote data-quote="bramfrank" data-source="post: 130833" data-attributes="member: 2163"><p>If you think that gas prices aren't 'fixed', then I have something to sell you. Milk, coffee, eggs AND cars all have arbitrary pricing - ever tried to negotiate for a Saturn?</p><p>As to the definition of price fixing: When SEVERAL manufacturers get together to arbitrarily set pricing for a commodity with a view to controlling it's price in the market. However you have to be able to prove it - and in the case of food products, there are often boards that set floor prices for them by region. The latter IS a form of price fixing, but legal.</p><p></p><p>Garmin can tell their resellers whatever they want. Price fixing would be if Magellan and Garmin both sold the same item and colluded to set the market price for the commodity at some arbitrary point. They don't. They set a suggestet retail price and a mnimum selling price. Dealers can sell within the range.</p><p></p><p>And, what IF every dealer had to sell at the same price? The dealers would start tossing in extras at no charge or, heaven forbid start offering better customer service as incentive to buy from them and/or to help them stand out from the crowd.</p><p></p><p>So you may not like it, but they CAN do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bramfrank, post: 130833, member: 2163"] If you think that gas prices aren't 'fixed', then I have something to sell you. Milk, coffee, eggs AND cars all have arbitrary pricing - ever tried to negotiate for a Saturn? As to the definition of price fixing: When SEVERAL manufacturers get together to arbitrarily set pricing for a commodity with a view to controlling it's price in the market. However you have to be able to prove it - and in the case of food products, there are often boards that set floor prices for them by region. The latter IS a form of price fixing, but legal. Garmin can tell their resellers whatever they want. Price fixing would be if Magellan and Garmin both sold the same item and colluded to set the market price for the commodity at some arbitrary point. They don't. They set a suggestet retail price and a mnimum selling price. Dealers can sell within the range. And, what IF every dealer had to sell at the same price? The dealers would start tossing in extras at no charge or, heaven forbid start offering better customer service as incentive to buy from them and/or to help them stand out from the crowd. So you may not like it, but they CAN do it. [/QUOTE]
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