Welcome to the Community @smith9,
I moved your post into this topic that began with a similar observation to your own, albeit a different company. Price maintenance/price fixing has been mentioned on the community, such as
and many others. Some use the ‘agency sales model’ to circumvent the law as written, especially appliance manufacturer/importers and more recently some vehicle importers announced they are moving to agency models.
FWIW I am in the market for a number of products and the prices across the country for many are within a $1-2 range from highest to lowest, and many shops advertise at well above the price shown on the importers own web site (that we take as an RRP).
Government seems content with it as it is, but your first point of call is probably your MP rather than the ACCC, and you can guess how it might go. It might be educational, or just reaffirm your own observations, to peruse this topic.
There is a reporting form on the ACCC web site and it is often the case that if such issues are not reported, they do not exist as far the the responsible agency is concerned.
