Absolutely! +199999999999999 On May 9, 2013 7:44 PM, "Cameron Childress" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > So, who were you talking about when you said at the start of this thread > that "Suddenly they don't have a choice to control their costs anymore, > they are > forced to pay a fixed yearly fee" > > Suddenly the consumer cannot control the price? The government? Who are > you complaining about here who you feel should be allowed to set this price? > > Abode set a price. Consumers have a choice. There is no force. > > -Cameron > > On May 9, 2013, at 7:34 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:363484 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
