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jamzrockz

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5. How do you even determine price fixing?

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Original post)

Thu Dec 26, 2013, 11:29 AM

Dec 2013

This is not like oil, they are the only ones that make apple phones and they alone "fix" the whole sale rice to sell to distributors(mainly apple stores). So how exactly can one determine price fixing with something they alone make?

I understand collusion in areas like oil or even farm products where different producers band together to raise the prices for said commodity. This is just apple setting price of their phone.

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Taiwan fines Apple $666K over iPhone pricing [View all] ForgoTheConsequence Dec 2013 OP

Great seattledo Dec 2013 #1

The first Apple product was $666 cprise Dec 2013 #2

so, how much $ are we talking about? quadrature Dec 2013 #3

$765 US JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #4

Apple wanted a lower final price? quadrature Dec 2013 #9

Word inside industry JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #11

How do you even determine price fixing? jamzrockz Dec 2013 #5

Seems Like Apple Would Be Setting The Wholesale Price . . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2013 #6

I see jamzrockz Dec 2013 #7

Perhaps That's Because The Margins Are So Thin ProfessorGAC Dec 2013 #8

Correct JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #12

Price controls are sometimes written into the franchise contract sir pball Dec 2013 #10