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![]() "Peter" wrote in message news:yL%bc.182419$_w.1842540@attbi_s53... MichaelR wrote: You are half right. Manufacturers can set _minimum_ sale prices: http://www.ftc.gov/bc/compguide/question.htm The above website does not support your assertion. It states: "If the manufacturer and a dealer entered into an agreement on a resale price or minimum price, that would be a price-fixing violation. The agreement could be formal, through a contract, or informal, when the dealer’s compliance is coerced. However, if the manufacturer has established a policy that its dealers should not sell below a minimum price level, and the dealers have independently decided to follow that policy, there is no violation." So a manufacturer coercing a dealer to abide by a minimum sales price is a violation of price-fixing legislation. But the manufacturer can suggest a minimum sales price and hope that the dealers abide by it. If Garmin is telling dealers that they must abide by the minimum price for the 296 or have their supplies cut off that would constitute coersion and I expect they would lose in court if Darrel (tvnav) or other affected dealers decide to fight the policy. Refusing to deal with a reseller is not considered coercion. The FTC web site at http://www.ftc.gov/bc/compguide/illegal.htm says: Resale price maintenance agreements. Vertical price-fixing -- an agreement between a supplier and a dealer that fixes the minimum resale price of a product -- is a clear-cut antitrust violation. It also is illegal for a manufacturer and retailer to agree on a minimum resale price. The antitrust laws, however, give a manufacturer latitude to adopt a policy regarding a desired level of resale prices and to deal only with retailers who independently decide to follow that policy. A manufacturer also is permitted to stop dealing with a retailer who breaches the manufacturer’s resale price maintenance policy. That is, the manufacturer can adopt the policy on a "take it or leave it" basis. |
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