- Mar 23, 2010
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That's not how it happened. A lot of them arguably put out a better product. BUT, when V bought gyms, competing companies lost customers. When V's rebate program increased, competitors lost customers. When V no longer allowed outside vendors to sell at their competitions, smaller companies went out or had no choice but to sell. They eventually grew to have a stranglehold on the market, and many competitors had the choice of selling and being able to stay involved, or just going out. Of course, V laid a whole bunch of them off in the last 2 years, so I think we'll hopefully start seeing stronger competitors again.So… they could have not sold out or have been better -