Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: credit vs cash sales Message-ID: <57200006@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 19:02:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.57200006 Posted: Wed Aug 15 19:02:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Aug-84 00:56:13 EDT References: <3307@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:decwrl:-330700:hp-pcd:57200006:000:569 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 !hplabs!hp-pcd!john