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I'm in the market for a nice set of noise canceling headphones. Bose seems to be THE set to get. I actually did get the Bose QC15's (over the ear) and they are great on a plane. They are also large and I'm now looking for in ear noise canceling headphones to lighten my traveling load.

And once again, the Bose seem to be the ones to get. The QC20i is $299. Everywhere! Nobody discounts Bose products.

This, folks, is price SETTING. Bose has set the price of their product. I can buy or not buy the headphones. There are other headphones I can buy...some more expensive, some less. Some a LOT more expensive. Some a lot less expensive.

But I want the BOSE...and the price has been set. I can buy them or not. Frankly, I'm thinking NOT as $299 is a lot to pay for headphones I tend to lose or abuse (in ear headphones go in my pocket a lot).

Which made me think of the ebook "price fixing". I don't think the publishers agreed on a price to sell any particular book. Just that they went to price SETTING where you buy the ebook title you want...or you don't...but the price is SET by the publisher, not the retailer.