Sign the Petition
To: Yarn Manufacturers World Wide
We the undersigned, demand that yarn manufacturers world-wide abandon the policy of retail keystone pricing (vertical price fixing) within the yarn industry. We believe that yarn manufacturers should manufacture yarn and not regulate the yarn industry by "leveling the playing field" among yarn retailers through keystone pricing policies. We believe that retailers should be allowed to compete freely against eachother and that free-market economy is what the U.S. is based upon, not industry regulation. We also believe that keystone-pricing hurts the end-consumer by keeping yarn prices artificially inflated and in general is an unethical (and potentially illegal) business practice.
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posted by luv2knit46 @ 11:34 AM
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3 Comments:
John, the issue of price-fixing (disguised as keystone pricing) is not fake, and while it may not be a view that is supported by many retailers, it is an issue that is VERY important to consumers.
We at Consumer Friendly Yarns are not opposed to retailers charging more for the services they provide, and in fact completely support and agree with this practice. What we oppose is retailers being FORCED or required to charge a certain price by the manufacturers. We believe that what a retailer chooses to charge for their product (once they've purchased it from the manufacturer) should be up to the retailer, and that if a manufacturer wants to charge a particular retail price for their product, they should retail it themselves and not wholesale it. We believe in fair market economy, healthy competition, and capitalism, which is what the United States is founded on.
Thanks,
Consumer Friendly Yarns
Uhhh, John...the only bubble that needs bursting is the one between you and the unbiased truth you refuse to see or you were paid to ignore. Who paid you to post this load of B.S? I live near a yarn shop that has had to stop carrying yarn from companies that have tried to force them to markup well beyond resonable pricing AND because of sales they held that was much more than 10% off-because those companies try and tell them it is appart of thier terms for purchasing and stocking the yarn to sell. Oh sure, John, there is no such thing as keystoning...and while we are at it, there is no such thing as global warming, the sun does not cause skin cancer, no one dies from Aids and President Bush knows what he is doing. Right. NEXT!!!
Dear John:
You are sadly mistaken. This is not about WHAT stores charge it is about what they are FORCED to charge.
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