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[pct-l] Complaint about Red's Meadow pricing for packages--
<< I have received this justification below from
>Red's Meadow folks on why they charge $25 per package
>for pickup.... Of course
>they are entitled to make a profit however my analysis shows
>this to be really out of line and is price-fixing as the(y) are the
>only game in town I think. >>
Just to pick nits, if Red's is the only game in town, it can't be
price-fixing. Obscene price-gouging, yes. But Price-fixing, by definition,
requires two or more "competitors" to get together to hand it to the
customers. (Kind of like our electrical power generators under so-called
deregulation.)
I resupplied at Red's last year to save some time. (Planned before I had
checked out the pricing details.) It's not necessary, and I wouldn't do it
again. If nobody used their service, they would still have to pick up their
mail. Don't knock Red's for charging what the traffic will bear. It's a
short season.