[consulting] List Mom Policies

[Michael Haggerty]

Eh, if you remember the story about Al Capone, they got him on tax evasion
charges when his real crimes were much worse. Same goes for DC real estate
agents.

M 

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> [mailto:consulting-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Karoly Negyesi
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> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:27:05 +0100, JasonN <imjasonn at gmail.com> wrote:
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> "A famous story locally in Washington DC involved a group (substitute
> 'guild') of real-estate brokers who went out to dinner 
> together to celebrate a birthday of one of them. At the end 
> of the dinner, one broker announced that he was raising his 
> commission from 5% to 6% and wanted them to hear it from him 
> before reading about it in the trade press. No further 
> discussion ensued. Over the next year, several of the others 
> also raised their commissions to 6%. All of them were 
> indicted, even those who did not raise their prices, for 
> price fixing. Criminal indictments, I might add."
> 
> http://www.aip.org/hypermail/guild/0425.html
> 
> I am not a lawyer. Heck I am not even a USA citizen. I just quote.
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