Did I click on the wrong link and wind up at DU?
What's wrong with "profit"?
profit is a good thing.
so is competition between various suppliers.
by being educated shoppers, we FReepers can help ourselves to high quality at a lower price.
Best Buy, etc. gets big profits from un - educated DUmmies customers.
Profit is fine. Price fixing isn't.
The record companies settled a class action lawsuit to illegally manipulating their prices and gouging the customers.
The industry tried to do the same with DVD players. Apex had the first sub-$200 player. Now you can buy a player for less than the price of a boxed set of DVDs (which would also appear to be overpriced).