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Re:Barnes & Noble Set To Be Sold To Elliott Management For A... by sokoloff on Friday June 07, 2019 @07:00PM (#20129402)
I agree it’s anti-consumer in some significant ways. I think of it as not competing as vigorously as you could on price, by publicizing that for the consumers who are willing to do extra work, that you’ll eventually honor the best price they found at a qualifying competitor, but that you’re not going to be the one who initiates the first salvo in the price war.
Re:Barnes & Noble Set To Be Sold To Elliott Management For A... by ALittleLight on Friday June 07, 2019 @08:49PM (#20129871)
It's competing as much as you need to to make the sale, not competing as much as you can.
Re:Barnes & Noble Set To Be Sold To Elliott Management For A... by kortilla on Saturday June 08, 2019 @05:54AM (#20131587)
You’re gonna have a bad time in business if you think the objective is to lower the price as much as possible without regard for what the market is paying.
Re:Barnes & Noble Set To Be Sold To Elliott Management For A... by sokoloff on Saturday June 08, 2019 @08:38AM (#20132074)
Indeed if I thought that, which I see no evidence to suggest that I do.