It is also illegal to talk about it!!!
Dave
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 03:18:31 -0600
"Tim Jung" <tjung@igateway.net> wrote:
>>-Actually your completely wrong. It would be illegal. In the US it is illegal
>>-for any group of people to get together and conspire to set the price at
>>-which a product or service can be sold. If you don't think so then you need
>>-to talk with a corporate lawyer about the US law. The Department of Commerce
>>-and the each State Commerce Department take very dim views of this.
>>-
>>-Also remember that OPEC isn't in the US and they aren't companies but rather
>>-countries that are setting the prices, thus they are subject to US
>>-government regulation and laws.
>>-
>>-
>>-Tim Jung
>>-System Admin
>>-Internet Gateway Inc.
>>-tjung@igateway.net
>>-
>>-
>>------ Original Message -----
>>-From: "Coolfred Internet Services" <coolfred@coolfred.org>
>>-To: <bill@daze.net>; <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
>>-Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 11:32 PM
>>-Subject: Re: RE: New Ideas for OpenSRS (or wish list) - Reseller Access
>>-
>>-
>>->
>>->
>>-> --- Bill Gerrard <20000303030705.F321E80B9@sitemail.everyone.net> wrote:
>>->>
>>-> >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
>>-
>>-
>>-
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