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I recall people complaining about Dorco raising prices after Dollar Shave Club came about. The conspiracy theory was that DSC reached an agreement to keep DSC competitive. This is unsubstantiated, but you can use the Internet Archive to look at prices on dorcousa.com and see that prices have gone up. For the Pace 4 Cartridge Refills FRA1040

2012: $3.50

2013: $4.50

2014: $5.50

2016: $6.50

https://web.archive.org/web/20111103235102/http://www.dorcou...

It's interesting, comparing the Dollar Shave Club 4X to the Pace 4 Cartridges it's actually cheaper on DSC. Plus it's handy that it automatically ships.

https://www.dollarshaveclub.com/page/checkout/product/4-blad... http://www.dorcousa.com/pace-4-cartridges-fra1040/

It's generally poor form for a wholesaler to sell direct at a price that undercuts their distributors. That's what 'recommended retail price' is about.

Interesting to note that a fairly popular article pointed out that Dorco was much cheaper back in 2012... since then, not so much.

http://lifehacker.com/5903771/forget-dollar-shave-clubbuy-th...