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Old 10-15-2008, 04:18 PM   #7 (permalink)
samcol
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Haggling helps set the price for items. I don't have a problem with it. Sure you can pay sticker price for items, but if they have too of the widgets sitting around it probably isn't worth msrp.

I don't understand how pricing is supposed to be set without it. Manufacturers are trying to maximize their profits and consumers are trying to minimize their spending. Without this competing force the system can't work. Any engineering of these prices through government manipulation causes the system to falter and eventually fail.
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