Price fixing for vendors is not illegal. It's actually considered a form of "price control". If you're a vendor and you sell my product, I can offer you an agreement to sell it at or above a set floor price for which you cannot sell under (legally, anyway). Bose has done this for YEARS. And so does John Deere, and some other goods, obviously. This is to uphold the brand as a top-tier brand, a pillar of QUALITY! Or that's the idea behind it anyway. Plus it "guarantees" a certain profit for the vendors/suppliers. They cannot MAKE you as a customer buy it. But they can determine how much it sells for.
It's just another chunk of aluminum in the big scheme of things, but if you want an E-brock, you have to pay their price. That's how it works, fortunately, or unfortunately.
So I have spent all the time I can and have found no other way but to wait for EDELBROCK to restock all of the businesses that sell their 2711 intake. What I noted is that except for shipping charges (some do and some don't charge for shipping), EDELBROCK has a price fixing arrangement going. You cannot buy a new 2711 manifold anywhere from anyone at a price less than EDELBROCK sells on their own site. Believe me I tried them all, and just as I was finishing my engine, they have a back order and increase in price. Do you like my luck? The second thing is that no one actually stocks the manifold, they simply pass it on to EDELBROCK to drop ship. Believe me, seeing that, if there were ANY other options for an intake I would take it. I know Vic personally, and I do not think this is the way he would run his business. Price-fixing is only good for EDELBROCK, and now there is no one around who can sell me a 2711 and I will have to wait until mid-June to finish my engine. Pissed off does not even begin to describe it! It alters my entire plan for getting the car on the road and visiting some swap meets and car shows through summer. I live in WA state so the good months of car shows and driving are few. Driving it in the rain is not an option. Sigh. I even won 2 different auctions on EBAY only to have the sellers let me know that he can't send it until mid-June. Summit, Jegs, Amazon, all the same stories. How did warehouses and companies all end up with zero stock? 
