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To: newgeezer
They all decided to set minimum prices at the same time, but there was no collusion.

Good luck with that.

12 posted on 04/09/2015 1:06:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If obama speaks and th<uere is no one the<ire to hear it, is it still a lie?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Around here, whenever one gas station raises their price by 10¢/gallon (no matter the reason), all the rest of them follow suit within 24 hours.

The sheeple immediately cry foul, saying it's price-fixing. Then, every 5 or 10 years, some deeply-caring politician will launch an investigation of one sort or another, vowing to "get to the bottom of it."

The result is always the same. There is no grand conspiracy. Rather, they all keep an eye on the competition and, when one makes a move, the rest react accordingly, either with a price war or, more often by price-matching (which is perfectly legal).

All of them at the same time, with no collusion.

13 posted on 04/09/2015 1:22:19 PM PDT by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“They all decided to set minimum prices at the same time, but there was no collusion. “

Cowinkydink? I think not.


17 posted on 04/09/2015 2:43:52 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I hope that these medical companies enjoy the heck out of rolling in it while they can, because this and the recent outrageous drug price increases just provides more ammo to single-payer.


18 posted on 04/09/2015 2:46:43 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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