I agree with you in principal, BUT unfortunately in Both Canada & the U S,
even discussing a pricing number is against the law.
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From: Coolfred Internet Services <coolfred@coolfred.org>
To: <bill@daze.net>; <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: RE: New Ideas for OpenSRS (or wish list) - Reseller Access
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>
> --- 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.
>
> 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 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.
>
> Farhad Sadeghi
> Coolfred Internet Services
> http://www.coolfred.net
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