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Originally Posted by magman
I do understand why MAP is in place. However, from a customers point of view, Stormer set a price $ 150-or so below MAP...maybe they wanted to get rid of inventory,who knows? Also, if we as customers can find it cheaper we will...how is that going to lead to higher prices? If one shop only wants to make say $200- /Baja and sell more of them in doing so, how is that hurting anyone? In fact it is helping the guy who maybe wouldn't have bought it in the first place which in turn helps HPI....?
Just my thoughts.
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You end up with less competition in the retail sector. The remaining retailers then have less incentive to keep the price lower and so they increase prices on merchandise.