Dee: Of course I do not advocate paying more. Not now or ever.
NOW and other large supplement manufacturers are in cahoots with the FDA to drive smaller manufacturers out of business so that these larger companies can have the market to themselves. THEN they WILL raise prices because where else will you go to buy supplements?
So let's get it straight. Competition helps to keep prices low. Eliminate the competition (with the help of the FDA) and prices will rise, probably substantially. So I am against eliminating the competitive smaller vitamin manufacturers.
SO, to help keep the smaller vitamin manufacturers in business I will support them instead of supporting greedy, monopolistic companies like NOW. NOW has kept their prices low to attract business and become the large company they are today. All that will change in a heartbeat once they get rid of their competition.
Someone asked about finding smaller drug comapnies to buy from. There are plenty of them and probably at good prices too. Anyone can go to any number of online outlets like Swanson's or Vitacost or iHerb, etc., etc., etc., and find supplements marketed by companies other than NOW. It is not difficult. Mr. Byron, the author of the heads up article, is a small vitamin company himself, and he does not want to be strong-armed out of business. I do not blame him in the least.
There is a Health Store not far from my home that has only a small section in their store that offers NOW products, so evidently they are not strong supporters of NOW either. I compliment them. Monopolistic practices disadvantage the customer tremendously, and this country is swimming in them.
Faith G. .................................................................. Subject: Re: CS>NOW and the FDA
So you advocate paying more *now* then! What is the difference? Plus not *all* small companies are so ethical either, given the chance they want to be in with the big league as well eventually, so again, what is the difference? Dee
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