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Jereel Hunter said:
selnor said:
God. When they fine these giants. Make it worth it. Thats like fining someone in the UK 20 pence. :(

It's a fine. You know, like a parking ticket is a fine. when the government one day just says "You broke a rule! You owe us $1,000,000,000!" it needs to take much larger legal action.

On a side note, sounds like you just dislike MS, because it sounds like a dumb rule. MS sells to retailers for whatever they want, so chances are the conversationw as something along the lines of:

Retailer: We charge $159 for the student and teacher addition

MS: We provide this to you cheaply in order to get this product in the hands of students and teachers who cannot afford packages that expensive, thus we request that retailers set the price at $129.

Retailer: Ooooh alright.

 

MS isn't going to argue with a retailer to charge more for their goods, since it doesn't effect their cut.

I actually think M$ are quit a good company. But thats a different ballgame. They should be punished if they are kinda fixing prices. :)