<CF_Info RANT ON> To quote from USDOJ site
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/div_stats/1638.htm it seem that for this to be a
problem it would have to involve you doing business in another state, you
would have to agree with a competitor about pricing - not just discuss prices,
preferably in secret (like not on a CF-list)
so I really think the feds don't give a rats behind if we discuss projects and pricing
on the list so long as we don't agree to keep prices up together or if the business in
our own state.
</CF_Info RANT OFF>
- Michael Smith, TeraTech, Inc http://www.teratech.com/
....The Sherman Act outlaws all contracts,
combinations, and
conspiracies that
unreasonably restrain
interstate trade. This
includes agreements
among competitors to fix
prices, rig bids and
allocate customers.
The worst antitrust offenses are price fixing
and bid rigging.
Price fixing occurs when two
or more sellers agree
that they will increase
prices a certain
amount, or that they won't sell
below a certain
price. Bid rigging most
commonly occurs when
two or more firms
agree not to bid
against each other to supply
products or services
to local, state or federal
government agencies,
or when they agree on the
level of their
individual bids. Such price-fixing
and bid-rigging
agreements, unlike joint
research agreements
for example, provide no
plausible offsetting
benefits to consumers. Also,
these agreements are
generally secret, and the
participants mislead
and defraud customers by
continuing to hold
themselves out as
competitors despite
their agreement not to
compete.
Source: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/div_stats/1638.htm
Lee Surma wrote:
> >.... and I have to say that I think this "don't ever discuss
> >prices on the CF-Communuity List" is a bunch of crap.
>
> You are correct sir! To say this is price fixing is one heck of a stretch. Why
>people keep bringing it up when they aren't involved baffles me. It happens every
>time and it's incredibly annoying.
> --
>
>
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