DRSkruffy@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 5/31/00 2:32:51 AM !!!First Boot!!!, hamilton@ptd.net
> writes:
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> << > Where did you get that? I mean, the government is burdensome and
> intrusive,
> > but when did this start? Do you have a code number?
> >
>
> The Sherman Act (Anti-Trust Laws) -- not exactly new.
> >>
>
> No, not exactly new, but not applicable to the local parts house selling to
> an end user.
The Sherman act does apply in that case, but there was a (relatively)
recent high-court ruling that it only forbids fixing a minimum price.
IOW, it's perfectly OK for a OEM or wholesaler to set and enforce a
maximum price. It caught my eye, because it means that things like a
sale on McDonald's hamburgers no longer have to say "at participating
restaurants". If McD's chooses, they can now tell their retailers to
sell at or below a specified price, without fear of running afoul of the
price fixing laws.
Randall
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