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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: jazzyvee on January 22, 2020, 02:08:12 PM

Title: Fender fined £4.5m by UK Government!!!!
Post by: jazzyvee on January 22, 2020, 02:08:12 PM

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/guitar-maker-fined-4-5m-for-illegally-preventing-price-discounts?fbclid=IwAR0Pm2Bt5Nj8UZeTKyW6vMDDxWSM3E4jDPbhbIwAkHcmrzjvXHVRSw89uDY (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/guitar-maker-fined-4-5m-for-illegally-preventing-price-discounts?fbclid=IwAR0Pm2Bt5Nj8UZeTKyW6vMDDxWSM3E4jDPbhbIwAkHcmrzjvXHVRSw89uDY)

Title: Re: Fender fined £4.5m by UK Government!!!!
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 23, 2020, 05:00:05 AM

Interesting read Jazzy, thanks for posting. I'm not educated enough to have much of an opinion, but I found the 'leniency for admission' clause particularly interesting. Works kinda' like what we would call making a plea bargain here, I guess.

Title: Re: Fender fined £4.5m by UK Government!!!!
Post by: jazzyvee on January 23, 2020, 10:12:05 AM

I doubt whether it will affect me as whilst I love strats and have tried a number of them over the years when new ones come out and I have to say none sound significantly different or better than my 91 Stratocaster Ultra or my alembic powered strat. So there is little chance I will be buying a new strat anytime soon.