Re: Pricing for PHP programming???

> Isn't it illegal in the US to discuss > rates in this manner? > > It's always been my understanding that > The U.S. law specifically makes discussion > of pricing between competitors (all or some) > a federal offense. > > Am I taking this too literally? I think so. First of all, this isn't a US-only forum. Secondly, the point is to avoid price-fixing. Given the current status of the web-design industry, there are far, far too many wannabes out there for any real price-fixing to be effective. Thirdly, the variance already presented is rather wide. Fourthly, this is a public forum where consumers are also welcome to contribute their thoughts on these pricings, rather than a non-public collusion of only one side of the potential transactions. Finally, why don't we wait until the DOJ actually complains about it, after they finished breaking up Microsoft :-) More seriously, I don't think the DOJ is going to take a dim view of this thread, even if they noticed.