Quote from: j1m1th1ng on April 10, 2013, 10:18 amSo I am an MDPV vendor (and some other goods). I have had the best MDPV on the road since I started vending here and I've always set it at the lowest price. Thats what I try to do when I enter an area of the market at is hard to loose with that combo. I get this message from the current kings of MDPV on SR today.http://xqz3u5drneuzhaeo.onion/users/qicpic/files/j6.png <-screenshotMessage QuoteLets establish price points for MDPV so we dont drive down costsNO PRICE WARS!with out SR commissions adjust prices no lower than the prices below(NO LOWER HIGHER IS YOUR CHOICE)10g mdpv $235.005g mdpv $131.503g mdpv $80.002g mdpv $54.001g mdpv $27.50.500 mdpv $14.00.250 mdpv $7.50what do you think? I will let you know what others mdpc vendors on the site thinkThis thread is my response to them. No. I will continue to undercut your crappy quality MDPV with my high quality stuff, I will also continue to ship faster and work harder. I will treat my customers better, actually respond to their pm, even if not as quickly as I might like to at times... because that's how you win in a free market. I know your bleeding customers to me. But get better quality product and get it into peoples hands faster then three weeks, that will win back your customers faster then some crap like this. Price wars are good for the free market. I'll keep selling my MDPV at a cost where I am happy with the return. There is a reason your (89) and I'm (99). Just thought this would be the best way to respond to them. -Thanks-Dread Pirate Roberts has already addressed the issue of vendor collusion in fixing prices. As Silk Road is a free market, such arrangements are permitted here as long as the members participating do not violate any Silk Road rules.You can read DPR's post on it here:http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=135769.msg922288#msg922288Quote from: Dread Pirate Roberts on March 21, 2013, 02:03 amI've been informed that some vendors are attempting to form a cartel. In such an arrangement, they would agree on what price to charge so they can charge more than they would be able to if they were competing with each other. Another vendor has re-posted their plans in order to warn the community at large of the plan. There are two things I'd like to say about this:1) Up until now, it has been our policy to delete any reposts from the vendor roundtable in order to preserve the privacy of that forum. Because it is nearly impossible to prevent the reposter from creating new accounts and reposting over and over, we will no longer attempt to control this behavior. This will just be a limitation of the vendor roundtable and vendors should act accordingly.2) Cartels are nearly impossible to maintain without the use of violence, especially in an environment as competitive as Silk Road. There is also nothing morally wrong with them. If a cartel were to form, I would not attempt to break it up unless its members were breaking other rules. If you want an explanation for why cartels are nearly impossible to maintain in a free market environment, please read "Man, Economy and State" chapter 10, part 2, section D.- grahamgreene