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Old 06-19-2008, 01:07 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Shazam View Post
Goods are priced on what the market will bear. If the market will bear $2 gas, then everybody's going to charge $2. Why would a competitor charge less, especially for such a fungible resource (everything else being equal)?
Because if you can charge a little bit less and gain enough EXTRA business so that your net profit increases, that is what you will do.
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