Yes but you're describing stupidity and greed on the part of customers.
In spite of that the law should be able to shut down the truly
dishonest, yet it doesn't.
On 5/23/2010 1:52 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Sun May 23 01:11:29 CDT 2010
Boris Liberman wrote:
On 5/23/2010 1:57 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
No corporation that consistently cheats it's customers will survive. To
do that you need a gun and the unrestricted will to use it. Otherwise
customers will flee to another haven. Free markets are free, and the
worst offenses happen in the markets that are most controlled.
Peter, I can give you a number of counter examples in my country.
Boris, - one doesn't need to go across the ocean:
Most PDMLers know a bunch of NYC-based "photo stores" that range
from "bait-n-switch" to "charge-n-send-nothing-or-crap" scammers.
Those have existed (or had existed) for many years.
Some of them are located in mid-Manhattan, some in Brooklyn.
(One can easily spot them here based on reviews:
http://photo.net/neighbor/subcategory-index?id=2 )
Resellerratings.com is yet another good source for finding long-living
resellers with consistantly bad reviews.
Peter:
In a large enough market, - the influx of fools feeding crooks is
large enough (practically infinite) to support long term "stagnation"
of the latter.
(Besides, - strictly speaking, - there are no "free markets". -
Practically all "free" markets are regulated to some degree,
as truly free markets are not sustainable long term. - But
that's a subject for a separate and pointless - within PDML - discussion.)
Igor
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