quote:Originally posted by CopyFax Jax:
Just food for thought on this subject, I mentioned the current RBS tactics to my father at dinner tonight and he thought it would be reason for a lawsuit.
i doubt there is any law that covers this. As far as I know, it is perfectly legal to sell your product for one price to one person and another price to another person... Don't we all do this all the time?
It actually reminds me of a lawsuit involving Microsoft where they had agreed on a "most-favored" clause in their contract with a PC supplier (Dell? I forget, doesn't matter) meaning that they had guaranteed Dell that no matter what deal they worked out with other suppliers they would never sell Windows to anyone else for less than they sold it to Dell.
About a year later, Dell shows up with a lawsuit shoing 20 cases where Microsoft had sold Windows for less. If I recall the judgement cleary, the Judge told Dell that what they'd found was grounds to void their contract, but otherwise, tough crap. Considering that there's only one place you can buy Windows, Dell didn't have any recourse and dropped it.