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Re: Just Say 'NO' To Pepsi Was: Coke/Pepsi Wars (was Prices at 7-11)

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From: Steve "Stevers!" Coile
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 00:00
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Mark Hartman (mh@pdasolutions.com) wrote:
[...]
>I think that there's a major difference between offering free services
>if a business chooses to buy more products from you and charging more
>for your basic products if they don't.  The first is an incentive; the
>second a penalty, and illegal.

The only difference is the order in which the cost difference is
presented.  Either way, you pay less if you carry one producer's
products exclusively.

--
 Steve Coile
 scoile@gmu.edu
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From: scoile@mason2.gmu.edu (Steve "Stevers!" Coile)
Subject: Re: Just Say 'NO' To Pepsi      Was:  Coke/Pepsi Wars (was Prices at 7-11)
Date: 1997/02/22
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