I tried to negotiate the price of a Harrison bed from my local supplier and was told these beds are in such demand that you cannot find them anywhere for less money and they never appear in sales. so we agreed the price, I left a small deposit and awaited the 3 to 5 week delivery. Within 2 weeks the post Christmas sales had started and I went looking for Harrison beds at discount prices. Most of the major stores don't carry them, one store told me the reason was that Harrison would not allow them to sell at the lower price which they wanted to sell. We did find one local-ish store chain that sold Harrison and had some at supposedly discounted prices - one of which they claimed was made specially for them. I went to the store where I had placed my order and told them that I had found the same article available locally at a discount that was worth sacrificing my deposit for and was pleasantly surprised to be instantly offered a price match which resulted in 250.00 reduction in cost. When I told them who the retailer was the said "hoe come we don't know about this?

they are in the same buying group as us and shouldn't lower the price without informing us". I thought "price fixing" is illegal in UK !!

Still, I've demonstrated that it is possible to circumvent the price fixing practices.
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