Re: Once more
Darag, do you honestly think an operator will charge
~@450 while another operator in the same area is
charging ~@200? Do you? Do you honestly think that's how
markets work? Gee, maybe operators are so stupid they
don't check each others prices.
I'm getting more confused; that's my point too? There's
no way an operator will try to compete by charging 450 a
year (and thus "ripping off" people) when someone else
offers to do it for 250?
This discussion seems to be turning into some general
argument about market forces, information, profits and
prices. If you don't believe that market forces cause
profit margins to fall over time, then we disagree at a
fundamental level. A commodity service of "making this
bag of rubbish disappear from my driveway" is likely to
be even more sensitive to market forces than most other
services.
Obviously if the councils create public or private
monopolies in order to enrich themselves or unfairly
restrict entry into the market then market forces wont
be able to wield their magic.
Classic examples of what happens when you unfairly
restrict entry into the market are pubs and pharmacies
which make unreasonable profits and punters can
reasonably feel aggrieved at being ripped off.