Harry, you sure are condescending. Further, you are not correct. Manufacturers certainly CAN and DO demand that their product be sold by resellers at a certain price, not a dollar more or a dollar less, on pain of having their reseller status yanked. In fact, software manufacturers MUCH MORE OFTEN than not do this. It's standard operating procedure in the software mfr/reseller relationship. Do you think it's a coincidence that ALL RETAILERS have sold Win95 for exactly $89, ever since that precise, preset day (set by MSFT) back in August of 1995? Hmmmmm? Why would you so ignorantly assume that MSFT can't dictate reseller prices? Hmmmmmmm?? Ever heard of TERMS OF CONTRACT? Do you think that Baan, Oracle, SAP, etc, all just tell their resellers, "just get whatever you can for the software, we don't care". No. They don't do this at all. The manufacturer sets the retail price, and the authorized reseller markets the product to prospective clients AT THAT PRICE, NO MORE, NO LESS.
Only in the last week actually, have I seen the Win95 upgrade RETAIL for less than $89, and that was for $88. I presume that MSFT gave that retailer permission. |
