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by walterbell 253 days ago
> Uber Eats and Grubhub seem to match prices and charge exactly the same as Doordash.

https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/gui...

  Price fixing is an agreement (written, verbal, or inferred from conduct) among competitors to raise, lower, maintain, or stabilize prices or price levels. Generally, the antitrust laws require that each company establish prices and other competitive terms on its own, without agreeing with a competitor. 

  When purchasers make choices about what products and services to buy, they expect that the price has been determined on the basis of supply and demand, not by an agreement among competitors. When competitors agree to restrict competition, the result is often higher prices.
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Unfortunately, you're not gonna successfully nail a BigCo with a legal team using an "inferred from conduct" clause. That's the kind of thing your municipal or state enforcers use to threaten a peasant into settling.