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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1893009" data-attributes="member: 190607">Exactly.&nbsp; Since there is no real competition on identical products, the difference in price is usually inconsequential, and there is no reason not to be willing to match prices. Retailers have no incentive to offer a deep discount on protected goods.&nbsp; (They may offer a few bucks off just to make it look like they are having a &quot;sale&quot;.)&nbsp; Keeping prices up is good for them, and all other retailers. In fact, while it is illegal for a wholesaler to dictate pricing to a retailer, if a retailer is deeply discounting, and thus pissing off all similarly situated retailers, a wholesaler may pull their line from such a retailer for ruining it for everyone (i.e. all retailers).Forgive me if the last post was TMI (too much information.)&nbsp; Usually I don't talk about business matters such as that, because folks often don't believe it when you tell them about it, and they can even get rather upset.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1893009, member: 190607"] Exactly. Since there is no real competition on identical products, the difference in price is usually inconsequential, and there is no reason not to be willing to match prices. Retailers have no incentive to offer a deep discount on protected goods. (They may offer a few bucks off just to make it look like they are having a "sale".) Keeping prices up is good for them, and all other retailers. In fact, while it is illegal for a wholesaler to dictate pricing to a retailer, if a retailer is deeply discounting, and thus pissing off all similarly situated retailers, a wholesaler may pull their line from such a retailer for ruining it for everyone (i.e. all retailers). Forgive me if the last post was TMI (too much information.) Usually I don't talk about business matters such as that, because folks often don't believe it when you tell them about it, and they can even get rather upset. [/QUOTE]

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