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Freesat price fixing

prowla
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Is price fixing still a thing?
I've been looking at getting a Freesat box, but the prices are exactly the same from every retailer:
- Non-recording: £145.00
- 500 GB: £229.99
- 1 TB: £259.99
- 2 TB:£299.99
Price fixing
You must not discuss the prices you’re going to charge your customers with your competitors.
You’ll be breaking the law if you agree with another business:
- to charge the same prices to your customers
- to offer discounts or increase your prices at the same time
- to charge the same fees to intermediaries, for example retailers selling your products
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Where is your evidence of price fixing?
It looks like the usual RRP approach that applies to millions of products.
It's a mature market where I doubt people are fighting for significant sales volume.3 -
I'm not sure it's price fixing, can it be when there are more expensive boxes? (https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=2TB+Freesat&i=electronics&ref=nb_sb_noss_2). Those all seem to be a different manufacturer & model than the 2TB model I'm repeatedly finding at £299. I'd guess that the £299 box is at its RRP.0
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MorningcoffeeIV said:Where is your evidence of price fixing?
It looks like the usual RRP approach that applies to millions of products.
It's a mature market where I doubt people are fighting for significant sales volume.Maybe my suspicion-o-meter is just twitching because they're all the same price then!The Freesat ones are the only recording models which work with the Sky Q LNB.
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booneruk said:I'm not sure it's price fixing, can it be when there are more expensive boxes? (https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=2TB+Freesat&i=electronics&ref=nb_sb_noss_2). Those all seem to be a different manufacturer & model than the 2TB model I'm repeatedly finding at £299. I'd guess that the £299 box is at its RRP.Hmmm - those Humax and Manhatten ones aren't the same item and they don't have the same functionality, so they're not directly competing products.
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The only discount I found when I was looking for a Freesat recordable 2Tb box last month was for a refurbished model, which was £50 cheaper (which I bought).0
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I thought this recently about a Sony TV I am interested in. Every retailer, about 7, are the exact same price even moving up and down by the same £100/£200.
One retailer told me that Sony dictate the price.Mortgage free
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sheslookinhot said:I thought this recently about a Sony TV I am interested in. Every retailer, about 7, are the exact same price even moving up and down by the same £100/£200.
One retailer told me that Sony dictate the price.0
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