Phantom Warrior
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Requiring dealers sell only at list price (if that is correct) is not the free market.
I would have thought that was price fixing.
If prices are fixed then that does not benefit the consumer
Just my thoughts
Cheers
Gazza
Toy soldiers are a luxury good and not a necessity. The prices are mandated for only a short period of time. If a collector thinks that the minimum price for an item has been set too high, he can wait until the item shows up on the secondary market at a lower price. If the item is selling on the secondary market at a price higher than the minimum retail price, then it would seem that the initial retail price had been set too low and the manufacturer had left some profit on the table.
In a socialist market economy, there would be displays of toy soldiers by the manufacturers and dealers, toy soldier shows and toy soldier brochures, but no toy soldiers actually available to purchase.
Terry