Discount Code

[AlexW]

(posted with permission)

Hello Roboticists!

We just wanted to drop a quick FYI note to everyone. We now offer a 5% off to all FIRST teams at our store. It is our goal to support FIRST as much as we can and to provide a one stop shop for all the teams. If there is something you are looking for that we don’t carry in the store yet please let us know and we will do our best to carry it.

To receive the discount just use the code FIRST07 when ordering and give your team name and number in the notes box.

Good luck on all your competitions!

Sincerely,

The Trossen Robotics Team

[chris31]

I see you stock the AndyMark items. However, if you give us a 5% discount that would mean even the official AM site then has higher prices. Surely they dont want that to happen.

Thank you for the 5% discount though.

[Rickertsen2]

OOO. This is the first time i have ever run across your store. Lots of nifty items.

[VEN]

Hello, the code doesn't seem to work

Vova

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by chris31

I see you stock the AndyMark items. However, if you give us a 5% discount that would mean even the official AM site then has higher prices. Surely they dont want that to happen.

Thank you for the 5% discount though.

Yes, you are correct. Trossen offers many fine products, but they are not approved to sell AndyMark products at lower prices than www.andymark.biz. AndyMark products are excluded from this discount.

Andy

[AlexW]

Originally Posted by VEN

Hello, the code doesn't seem to work

Vova

We are looking into what is causing this. In the meantime, go ahead and place the order, and either give us a call and let us know, or place in the order notes that you are competing in FIRST and we will honor the discount

[AlexW]

My apologies to everyone who tried to use this code. The code is actually all lower case. So, in order to get a discount, please enter the following:

first07

I had it right in my signature, just not in the post

[Dick Linn]

Andy,

It's my impression that resale price maintenance (a form of price fixing) is not legal, and therefore distributors and resellers may charge whatever they wish.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resale_price_maintenance

[AlexW]

AndyMark is allowed to set their pricing with their distributors at any price they think is proper. We will honor their request to not offer discounts on their products below the price on their site.

[Dick Linn]

You might want to be careful on pricing. It is not only horizontal price agreements between manufacturers that are illegal. The following is from the Federal Trade Commission site in the section on illegal business practices.
http://www.ftc.gov/bc/compguide/illegal.htm - scroll down to "vertical agreements".

"Resale price maintenance agreements. Vertical price-fixing -- an agreement between a supplier and a dealer that fixes the minimum resale price of a product -- is a clear-cut antitrust violation. It also is illegal for a manufacturer and retailer to agree on a minimum resale price."

There is some latitude, but you'd have to read the fine print. If the manufacturer suggests a retail price and the seller voluntarily follows, then it may be OK. Agreements are not OK. There's a bit more discussion of this case here: http://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,1607,7-...4650--,00.html