Why would you get a free pool session from an LDS to test your stuff if you bought online?
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Hi Josh,Cheekymonkey:Why would you get a free pool session from an LDS to test your stuff if you bought online?
Okay--then would you mind educating me a bit? Define price fixing please.joe rock:Brian, thanks for the definition. Again, the pricing practices of ScubaPro and Aqualung (they do the same) are not violations of the sherman anti-trust act nor do they constitute price fixing.
Joe
Benthic:Okay--then would you mind educating me a bit? Define price fixing please.
Brian
plot:Price fixing is when ALL vendors of a particular product do it. Like if ALL the cable tv and satalite tv companies got togethor and decided on a minimum price to charge their customers.
Aqualung and Scubapro can dictate prices for their own equipment, but if they got togethor ALL of the other major scuba manufacturers and set a minimum price, then it'd be price fixing.
As it stands now, Aqualung can force all their vendors to charge $10,000 for all their regulators, and people simply would buy a different brand.
When competing product lines set an agreement with each other to charge a certain price, then it's price fixing as competition has been effectively eliminated.
Carribeandiver:leisure pro IS NOT a Scuba Pro authorized dealer. No authorized dealer can sell below the minimum price set by the manufacturer. If they do, they will lose their status as an authorized dealer.
leisure pro buys the product from black market suppliers. retailers like leisure pro screw up an industry for dealers, consumers and manufacturers and I dont care what the product is.
joe rock:Brian, what plot said. A good example is the oil cartel. They all agree to a single price on on a barrel of crude oil. Another example of Sherman antitrust violations would be giving favorable discounts to specific retailers while not making that discount available to all retailers that meet those conditions.
To the best of my knowledge, both manufacturers have a policy that requires authorized retailers to carry their entire product line as well. Again, perfectly legal.
I'm not saying it's a great pricing policy nor am I saying I agree with the policy. I'm just stating it's not illegal.
JR