| goddog said: @skeeuk, since last fall the manufacturer can sue a retailer if they offer it at a different price than msrp. thank our supreme court for that gem. but as mrstickball said, it is very rare, and normaly only after production has ended that you find a console or a game below the msrp, most game contracts for sellers include rebates if the game becomes discounted as long as they stick to the msrp, which the publisher issuse, they will lower it to move bad games. there is generaly a right off point, and mom and pop operations dont always get the same protection.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-28-2007/0004617822&EDATE= link to mention of SCOTUS price fixing ruling
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I guess this does not work the same in Canada, because last boxing day some stores were selling the PSP, PS2, DS and it might of been the 360 for under their MSRP price. I know wal-mart all the time sells systems for under the MSRP price, most times it only a couple of dollars, but still under.
