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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 3617145" data-attributes="member: 40359">Admittedly, for a niche market like the RPG business, if there is a benefit, then it'll be from the support of FLGS growing the markey (true or not, I don't know and don't have facts to argue).However, in the broader scope of things beyond the RPG market (or possibly including the big boys like WotC), it is NOT always true that a company sells their product for a set amount to all retailers. That was the standard and in many areas still is, but it can no longer be assumed. One of the many areas Wal-Mart has been able to increase their profits is by telling vendors "I know you sell your products for X to the other retailers, but if you want to sell to Wal-Mart, we'll buy it for 90% of X." [or whatever percentage] They (and I'm sure other major discount retailers as well) use their power as a massive market and demand lower prices from vendors. So it isn't always a set amount to all retailers.So, maybe you are only talking about RPGs, but in the larger market, it certainly is not stupid to now be able to demand to Wal-Mart and other retailers that you won't lower your prices just for them. They can still refuse to sell your product, but this court ruling does (for good or bad, I dunno) give vendors more backing to demand equal pricing from various retailers.Again, I have no idea if WotC or any of the hobby industry already face this, but they very well might when dealing with Wal-Mart, Amazon, and a few of the other major discount retailers. This can help them make more money per product.</blockquote>

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