Quote Originally Posted by kangaroomama View Post
This is news to me that it is illegal to talk with other providers about fees! I talked to many providers in my area about fees before setting mine and never thought twice about it. They were open to discussing it as they get upset with people coming on the scene with much lower fees.
I know. It's stupid. Yeah, tell me that most of those big grocery store conglomerates or the big box stores don't get together somehow. Seriously, how often do you see a store flyer from two unrelated stores and the same stuff is on sale? How come Home Depot and Lowes have the same items on sale within pennies of each other's price?? Like it or not that IS price fixing. The only difference between home daycare providers and home improvement stores is that the competition can walk IN TO each other's stores and just look on the shelf to see what their competition is charging for a door handle or a hammer.

It's stupid and I willingly talk fees with any provider who wants to.