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Old 03-04-2010, 03:20 PM   #62
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
Many companies sell stuff under the agency model with retailers. For example, Apple and Nintendo... so matter where you buy there stuff you pay the same price. This is because they don't wholesale to the retailer, the retailer acts as an agent and gets a commission on the sale.

Considering this has been going on for many years with two high profile manufacturers (I'm sure there are more that do it) I'm pretty sure there is nothing illegal about it.

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Yeah, but the same item under two different models? DTBs under one and ebooks under another? That doesn't sound right to me.
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