On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:32:34 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:05:27 -0600, "
wrote:

Examples of controlled price products I've purchased recently,
Festool and Electrolux.

If I wanted a rebate for not using the "free" financing on a vacuum
that was price fixed, I would have him throw in a couple boxes of
bags.

My refrigerator doesn't use bags. Neither does my dishwasher. ;-)

We both understand there is a cost associated with free
financing.

Certainly, but it's not the same people paying. The retailer, in the above
case, is contractually bound to the pricing. In other cases, the interest is
being paid by the manufacturer (who doesn't see your end deal), by &bigbox
home office, or by the "bank", knowing that enough idiots won't pay on time to
make more than enough money to pay the interest for those who do. It's the
same deal as cash-back credit cards. I'll take their free money, too (though
not as much as I should).