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Old 01-09-2008, 01:24 AM
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I think the key that people overlook with price fixing is that for it to be price fixing it has to happen between companies that are normally competitors. I don't know what the British Airways offence was over, but I'll elaborate with them as an example. British Airways stating that for example to fly from London to Paris is going to cost you 100 Euros is perfectly fine and legal under anybodies rules. British Airways getting together with Air France and BOTH of them saying that the flight from London to Paris is 100 Euro's is defineatly price fixing and anti-competitive.
BMW recommending that a dealer should sell a 328i for 40k is fine under EU Law.

BMW forcing a dealer to sell that car for no less than 40k is illegal under EU Law.

BMW restricting or refusing to supply an existing dealer group because they have Mercs & Audi's on their lot is also illegal under EU Law.

But then again, under EU Law you can't call a Spring Onion a Spring Onion unless it's grown during the correct season! - you have to call them Salad Onions! (I think you guys call these Scallions or Green Onions)

Anyway, in so many ways I'm glad to be in Canada!

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Old 01-09-2008, 01:54 AM
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If you sell "stuff" lower than the MSRP (or lowest "fixed price") on a regular basis, the supply companies will cut you off. This happened last year to a man selling aquarium supplies out of his basement in the Vancouver area. He was undercutting all the big stores, so the big stores complained, and the companies (Euro Reef for example) removed his distributor license (or whatever they call it...?), and quit supplying him.
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Old 01-09-2008, 02:17 AM
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If you sell "stuff" lower than the MSRP (or lowest "fixed price") on a regular basis, the supply companies will cut you off. This happened last year to a man selling aquarium supplies out of his basement in the Vancouver area. He was undercutting all the big stores, so the big stores complained, and the companies (Euro Reef for example) removed his distributor license (or whatever they call it...?), and quit supplying him.
In Europe if you could prove this happened to you then Euro Reef, or whoever it is, may be liable to a large fine.

But I guess if you wanted to stay in business then you'd just comply or you'd simply have no stock to sell!
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In any case, I doubt there's that much gouging going on in aquarium industry (I've already laid that to rest with my Bubble King example in a previous post).
I'm not so sure about that. One MH light at OA is priced at $260.00 and for the exact same light at AI it is priced at $410.00. When I asked AI if they would price match they told me that OA was below the fixed price on that light and that there is no way they should be able to sell the light for that price. ????
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OA was below the fixed price on that light and that there is no way they should be able to sell the light for that price. ????
So what did you do?
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okay who's going to bring up the cost of gasoline at the pumps?
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So what did you do?
We actually went for a different lighting set up from J&L
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I'm not so sure about that. One MH light at OA is priced at $260.00 and for the exact same light at AI it is priced at $410.00. When I asked AI if they would price match they told me that OA was below the fixed price on that light and that there is no way they should be able to sell the light for that price. ????
Show me the unit and I'll tell you who's full of it By PM of course.
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Show me the unit and I'll tell you who's full of it By PM of course.
I'll give you 2 guesses who's full of it! but I'll bet you'll only need one
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