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Re: are you getting it?
>"Wholesale/retail also has to do with a business license, doesn't it?"
>
>No. They are adverbs - not legal terms.
They are a state of being if you are a walk-in consumer trying to buy
something from a wholesale firm, and that license is the cause. It's meant
to protect retailers from undercutting by the wholesale distribution
network. You gotta have that retail license to buy from a wholesaler.
>Do I hate Abu? No. Do I think his business should be outlawed? No.
>Should the Feds come in and confiscate his bread and levy a fine? No.
>
>I would guess that the 2 Kevins think Abu is a pretty evil guy. Kevin Mc
>would want to pass a law preventing him from doing this and subject him to
>shakedowns by the FBI. Kevin O would want to call him names ("You, sir are
>not playing fair!") and would refuse to buy anything from him.
The problem is when Abu and strikes a deal with the big store to buy most of
their Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon Swirl bread every time it comes in. Because
I like that bread and it's sort of expensive, I get really pissed because
Abu has got most of it and marked it up 50%. I rant and rave about the
price, but I buy it anyway, if I want the bread. The other alternative is
to drive to the big store on the day their bread comes in, so I can get some
from them before it sells out.
Because the big store was party to a deal that will push up the price within
the neighborhood, I sort of suspect them of collusion to artifically
increase demand and so raise the market price--but this is not (yet) illegal
or immoral. I just have to grumble and cope--but, I would keep an eye on
these guys. This kind of deal is often a signal that firms are willing to
resort to other schemes which are illegal, such as price-fixing.
keets
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