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Originally Posted by Top100EbooksRank
If agency model replaces wholesale for everything....
MSRP will become MRP. Same price of everything where nothing can ever go on sale.
Stores don't have to compete with discount.
Manufacturers win. Retailers win. Customers lose.
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Well, yes and no. Tide detergent wouldn't be a different price no matter where you bought it. But that doesn't mean somebody couldn't produce their own detergent and sell it for less.
I, for one, despise the "sale" system. Price it right, price it fair, and be done with it.
I believe in a free market, which does not mean that the government gets to tell companies how they must sell or price their products. Customers are not obligated to purchase anything, which means that no matter what pricing scheme a business chooses, if customers ultimately conclude that the value does not justify the expense, the pricing model will fail. Far too often, government assumes the product and then dictates the terms. "Who is John Galt?"