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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (72680)	8/8/1999 6:15:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

glen, i don't think i do. whether a retailer is honest or not, he/she benefits from ignorance - even though they may not cause the ignorance. it is a fact, not a judgment on retailers. if i'm buying a table and i knew the exact price and quality information of all retailers in the world, by fiat, margins will decrease. the net is an attempt to approximate this. why would i pay $200 more for a table if i knew it was on sale 3 blocks down the road? if i didn't know that then i'd probably plunk down my money and be happy. if i'd save $200 and that store would lose $200.