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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Undercutting prices
  • Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:26:33 -0400

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:22:32 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>>> Remember they 're losing money and can't keep that up. Some markets have
>> people in charge who can prevent price wars.
>We used to have this problem especially with some of the older folk who
>mainly came to the market to socialize and give stuff to their neighbors.
>In small town rural America we really can't resort to heavy handed stuff.
>We carefully explained that the other vendors were getting their only
>income from the market and undercutting only hurt everyone in the end. In
>our new rules we state...no undercutting...vendors are instructed to check
>with the rest of the market vendors for current prices on similar products
>and adjust as necessary. Reselling in not allowed.

How do you get around the laws against price-fixing and
conspiring to fix prices?

I can understand that reselling is not allowed, and as far
as I know, that would not be illegal (IANAL). But I wonder
about the price-setting.

Pat
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