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From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: credit vs cash sales
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Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 19:02:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 15 19:02:00 1984
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Nf-From: hp-pcd!john    Aug 15 15:02:00 1984

A merchant can charge you less if you pay cash instead of Plastic. Many will
do it because their profit is the same either way. Most fair trade laws give
the merchant the right to sell at any price they feel like. Thats why a 
"suggested retail price" is just that, a suggestion. Forcing a merchant to
sell something at a set price is called "price fixing" and is one of those
things that you don't want ot get caught doing. 

For some reason the American culture has never picked up on creative 
bargaining the way other cultures have.

John Eaton
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