Lowest Price & Price Fixing

[GB_Amateur]

23 hours ago, Rob Allison said:

When you start seeing companies like, for example - Bed, Bath and Beyond - selling metal detectors,...

11 hours ago, midalake said:

? I am not even going to look. 

They must be selling Quest detectors...?

Given they've recently filed for bankruptcy and are in the process of going-out-of-business (closing brick-and-mortar stores), more likely they're selling First Texas models, and at full retail prices if the sale complaints are any indication.

[Goust]

On 8/26/2022 at 7:25 AM, jasong said:

You and I and people like us paid full price. But before that time even there were people paying far less, we just didn't know it then. ?

I felt so stupid and embarrassed the day I discovered that basically everyone around me had paid way less than I did for every detector I ever bought, or that you could even negotiate the price down in this game. Especially since I was living off Ramen and that extra thousands in savings at the time would have been a massive  amount to me and kept me in the field a lot longer instead of having to drive home and go work and waste valuable time to replenish the savings while I taught myself how to prospect profitably. 

I had never bought anything from a dealer before that point, as all my vehicles were just junker used trucks, I had no idea anyone would actually negotiate down a retail price in the US for a new item, I assumed they were just set in stone since I'd never seen any different...I didn't go negotiate a Big Mac any more than the local computer shop would negotiate the price of a new graphics card back then either. The thought that I could even try to negotiate a metal detector price never occurred to me until someone finally told me that was the normal game. It confuses me to be honest, because I thought that if I can cooperate with official dealers, then I can count on fair rules of fair play and I should not have an unexpected problem. Sometimes I get bored and try to play online casino [url=https://gamblebeaver.com/fast-payout-casinos/][color=black]https://gamblebeaver.com/fast-payout-casinos/[/color][/url]https://gamblebeaver.com/fast-payout-casinos/ when I count on fast payouts and luck. And when I lose, I don't consider myself cheated. After all, I do it for the sake of excitement and I fully understand the rules. But when I do not have the opportunity to rely on the honesty of the dealer's rules, it surprises me.

It still to this day makes me cringe and feel stupid when I think back to how much money I wasted, especially in those days I could least afford to waste it. 

So yeah, today, price is the only thing that matters to me.

Today, by the way, I talked with my friends, many people complain that dealers may not have fair rules of the game. And to be honest, this surprises me unpleasantly.

[Swegin]

Sales tax is a deal breaker for me.  If I have to pay it then I'm looking online.  8-9% tax adds up.

 

[afreakofnature]

Good luck Swegin.  Buying on the internet is no longer tax free, or at least becoming very very rare.  
Hell, you have to pay tax for used goods (that were already taxed once before) on eBay!

Thats why buying from small dealers is still really good!  In my state you have to do over $100000 in sales in that state to charge “interstate” sales tax.