Originally Posted By: MateoTorgy
Originally Posted By: Garak
Originally Posted By: MateoTorgy
Withholding a certification from a competitor...
Where are we seeing this, though?
I never said it necessarily was happening. I identified it as a scenario, and posited that, if it was happening, then it quite likely runs afoul of antitrust laws like the Sherman Act and other FTC rules. However, circumstantial evidence gives rise to reasonable speculation that such is the case. Again, all of the evidence and circumstances lead us to reasonably believe that BMW's branded oil is Shell oil, yet none of Shell's oil has received the LL14FE certification, even though Shell is the supplier and manufacturer of BMW's branded oil. I don't think it's unreasonable to consider this a bit odd.
Why it is odd? Shell will make whatever BMW wants from them per their contract.
Maybe Shell thinks that there is still small number of BMW's that require that spec. to make that oil under their name not BMW< and be profitable.
Originally Posted By: Garak
Originally Posted By: MateoTorgy
Withholding a certification from a competitor...
Where are we seeing this, though?
I never said it necessarily was happening. I identified it as a scenario, and posited that, if it was happening, then it quite likely runs afoul of antitrust laws like the Sherman Act and other FTC rules. However, circumstantial evidence gives rise to reasonable speculation that such is the case. Again, all of the evidence and circumstances lead us to reasonably believe that BMW's branded oil is Shell oil, yet none of Shell's oil has received the LL14FE certification, even though Shell is the supplier and manufacturer of BMW's branded oil. I don't think it's unreasonable to consider this a bit odd.
Why it is odd? Shell will make whatever BMW wants from them per their contract.
Maybe Shell thinks that there is still small number of BMW's that require that spec. to make that oil under their name not BMW< and be profitable.