From: black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills)

In article , "Geo"
 wrote:
>"Don Hills"  wrote in message
>
>If you went to the car dealership ...

Not quite the same, they're in real competition. Unlike the mine companies
and the oil companies. But it couldn't be collusion to fix or raise prices,
that's illegal. The Government watchdogs would be onto them immediately.
... Well, in this country they would.(*) Surely your country, arguably the
biggest and best in the world, would do no less? You want some more
sarcasm? I have plenty more...

(*) For example, a few years back the oil companies here were found guilty
of price fixing. It was proven that they had arranged together to end a
"free car wash with tank of gas" promotion simultaneously. (One
chain had offered it, the others followed suit, no-one wanted to blink
first to end it so they colluded.) It sounds petty, but it shows how
closely they are watched. With gas here at about $US 4 per US gallon, half
of that being tax, the Government know they could fall if it becomes an
election issue.

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