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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Atari 520ST & the K-Mart antics
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 15:46:55 EDT
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>   He told me that for the 520ST, Atari had to
> sign an agreement not to undercut the dealers as they had previously, and the
> dealers were all required to sell the computers for NO LESS than $799
> monochrome and $999 color.  He told me that the $799/$999 minimum is enforced
> everywhere in the world, so if anyone out there in net.land is hoping to see a
> lower price somewhere, it won't happen.
> 
> char	name[] = "James T. Perkins";
> char	uucp[] = "dadla!jamesp";
This type of minimum price hasn't always been easy to enforce.  The
old "Fair Trade" (translation - price fixing) is no longer legal,
and there have been many ways for ingenious dealers to increase
volume by selling at discount prices.  
I wonder if Atari will be able to make the min. price stick?
--henry schaffer