[consulting] Estimation-Blowout case-studies wanted

[Michael Prasuhn]

I see the logical fallacy that you present here, but I think that  
misses the most poignant part of the message you are replying to and  
that is:

Publishing your rates != Agreeing to set minimum prices.

Anyway.

-Mike


On Mar 25, 2009, at 5:12 PM, Cary Gordon wrote:

> There is a logical fallacy in there. What you are really claiming is
> that rate disclosure does not directly lead to a monopoly, therefor it
> is either legal or somehow not as illegal as other collusive behavior.
> We could have a long discussion of what type of fallacy it is. I go
> for begging the question.
>
> Feel free to disclose your rates. On advice of counsel, I won't.
>
> Cary
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Mehboob Alam <malam at thinkx.com> wrote:
>>> But I'm far from convinced that its illegal to share your rates  
>>> with your competitors,one to one or on a mailing list.
>>
>> If GM, Ford, Chrysler and Toyota agree to set prices, that's  
>> "collusion"
>>
>> If JetBlue, SouthWest, Alaska and others decide to set minimum prices
>> for certain routes, that's "collusion"
>>
>> If several LCD manufacturers agree to fix their prices, and that  
>> ended
>> up costing Apple a lot of money due to the lack of competitive
>> bidding, that's "collusion".
>>
>> Publishing your rates here.. not so much. The clients have a choice  
>> of
>> thousands of possible vendors for these kinds of projects, and it
>> would be difficult to set minimum prices.
>>
>> And then, anyone who desperately needs the work can easily low-ball
>> their rates to get the project.
>>
>> So, fire away.. :)
>>
>> just my opinion..
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