And for the past 30 years the way to get around it has been the ubiquitous
"Recommended Retail Price". That's the price that is 'fixed', or should I
say 'recommended', by the manufacturer. ;-)

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Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
"Jeff Gaines" <whitedragon@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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> On 06/12/2006 in message
> <1BDAA781-A8C8-48F8-AC20-5D3CD6822F0F@microsoft.com> Jane C wrote:
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>>The pricing for Vista in the UK is set by Microsoft UK.[/color]
>
> That has been illegal in the UK for at least 30 years.
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> Jeff Gaines[/color]