> --- Bill Gerrard <20000303030705.F321E80B9@sitemail.everyone.net> wrote:
> >> Is anyone interested in setting some sort of guideline amongst
> >> all resellers not to sell domains for under a certain amount,
> >
> >That is price fixing and is illegal in the United States.
>
> It is hardly price fixing, since we are not the ONLY ones selling
> domains. As I said before you may even give away domains to your own
> webhosting customers, but I doubt it if we all agree that a minimum of
> say $20 is a reasonable price to non-webhosting customers, would be
> illegal.
That is the definition of price fixing. It doesn't matter what the size
of the group is. All that needs to happen is a group of
companies/businesses/retailers/et al get together and decide on a price.
> People all around the world have been "agreeing" on prices and as
> consumers we have no choice but to pay. Just look at the prices of
> gas. Oil companies "agree" that they should maintain a certain profit
Remember, I said in the United States. I don't know the laws of other
countries. Oil companies in the U.S. have been accused of price fixing
and have had to go to court for exactly what you are saying above.
> margin and everybody goes along. OPEC members "agree" to raise the
> price by lowering supply and we still pay for it. It is not like
> consumers don't have a choice to buy their domains from non-OpenSRS
> resellers.
OPEC does not agree on price. They agree to the amount of oil they will
produce, not the price to sell it for.
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