Sand: "SH, If you're not saying that a buyout is proof there is competition, what else can you be saying?"

That competition was a factor in the sale of many smaller less efficient packing companies to larger more efficient packing companies.

Sand: "I said that competition had nothing to do with buyouts in the context to counter SH's assertion."

And you are wrong, as usual!

Sand: "YOU CAN HAVE A BUYOUT WITHOUT COMPETITION."

Yes, you can have a buyout without competition but that was not the case in many smaller packing companies selling out to larger packing companies.

You were wrong!

Sand: "YOU CAN NOT REACH A CONCLUSION ON WHETHER A MARKET IS COMPETITIVE OR NOT BASED ON THE OCCURANCE OF A BUYOUT!"

I'll take your "OR NOT" as an admission that you cannot reach a conclusion that competition is not a factor in buyouts unless you know the factors that influenced that buyout.

You are boring me!

~SH~