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Am I encountering price-fixing?
I have been checking out a product by IRobot (the company that makes the Roomba vacuum cleaner) called the "Looj 330". Every vendor I have found online that sells the product -- Amazon, Home Depot, etc. -- is selling it for the exact same price, which is also the price that the manufacturer charges in its own store. I find this very unusual. Could the manufacturer be requiring vendors to sell at that price? Isn't that illegal? If so, can anything be done about it from an individual consumer standpoint?
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- TortfeasorLv 67 years agoFavorite Answer
The likely explanation is that iRobot has a minimum advertised price policy that requires their dealers to promote the product at list price. You may find a reseller who will give you a lower price, but you would have to ask for it. When you're buying online, that is difficult to do.