Complain absolutely? But do something about it? On May 9, 2013 7:36 PM, "Vivec" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What!? No...no that's not what I said! > No one should Fix the prices! The prices shouldn't be fixed, they should be > organic and open to influence by the market. > You can't have tech companies getting together and saying , "Hey, let's all > set our prices at $X and forget this competition stuff, let's just split > the market between ourselves." > In those situations the consumer loses totally and all semblance of > competitive pricing and all the benefits from competition in a capitalist > economy are lost. > > And if a company unilaterally decides to set its price at something > ridiculous, then yes Consumers should have a right and do have a right to > complain. > > > > On 9 May 2013 19:20, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Soooo you think the government should fix the prices? > > > > On May 9, 2013, at 7:09 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > What? No... > > > > > > There are rules AGAINST price fixing. That is what protects the free > > market > > > economy. > > > So that people cannot get together and agree to set prices for their > > > products and remove the factor of competition from the market. > > > > > > In the Australia example I believe it was Adobe, Microsoft and another > > > company that marked up their products by more than 100% in the > Australian > > > market. > > > > > > > > > On 9 May 2013 18:54, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> On May 9, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Vivec wrote: > > >> > > >>> Price Fixing rules exist to protect consumers and to ensure a well > > >>> regulated free market economy. > > >> > > >> The terms 'price fixing' and 'free market' mean pretty much the exact > > >> opposite things. > > >> > > >> I really do think this is all about you and I using the same > vocabulary > > to > > >> mean totally different things because the first and last parts of your > > >> statement above are completely contradictory. > > >> > > >> -Cameron > > >> > > >> ... > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363483 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
