bob40caliber
Member
I think it is a bunch of crappola!
A manufacturer should not be able to tell a retailer of his product what to advertise for or what to sell at.
If the manufacturer wants to be in the retail business and control all pricing of their product then they should sell all the products themselves---no distributors and no retailers!
If they do not wish to be in the retail business...then let them concentrate on building a superior product and pricing it to their retailers and distributors at a competitive price! And let the retailers "sell" the product where ever they feel they should or must.
MAP only hurts us, the consumer.......and if the manufacturers could force every one of their items to be sold for list---they would. And who would pay more?
You and me!
A manufacturer should not be able to tell a retailer of his product what to advertise for or what to sell at.
If the manufacturer wants to be in the retail business and control all pricing of their product then they should sell all the products themselves---no distributors and no retailers!
If they do not wish to be in the retail business...then let them concentrate on building a superior product and pricing it to their retailers and distributors at a competitive price! And let the retailers "sell" the product where ever they feel they should or must.
MAP only hurts us, the consumer.......and if the manufacturers could force every one of their items to be sold for list---they would. And who would pay more?
You and me!