Manufacturer Pricing Policies

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
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What about the auction

Post by Guest » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:23 am

So what impact might the MAP policy have if the auction start bidding price or closing price is less that the MAP on new items offered by cpap.com Would that violate the MAP?


WNJ
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Post by WNJ » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:26 am

The sole purpose of MAP is to suppress Internet competition for brick-and-mortar DME’s. If there are meaningful gaps in the policy, the manufacturers will close them right away.

I just bought what may be the last new REMstar Auto (tank) because the software for the new DeVilbiss IntelliPAP APAP machine is still in the “promise” stage and my older version of Encore Pro will not support the new M series machines. I’m hoping I can ride this out until there is a good option to the big three.

Wayne


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