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by alistairSH 966 days ago
Not sure what coal mining has to do with price fixing?

My very simplistic take on this...

- offering a sampling of current rents in the area for $50/month [not price fixing]

- offering a sampling of current rents in the area for $50/month, and then facilitating collusion between land-lords, and also pressuring landlords to adhere to rent rates [price fixing]

Obviously, there's a lot more nuance there, and I'm not a lawyer, but seems to be the gist of it.

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> Not sure what coal mining has to do with price fixing?

You don't recognize an analogy?

Not that one, apparently.
Just… thank you.