Office Supplies Etc.can purchase printers at 5 percent above cost from a certain supplier,but it must also agree to purchase ink and paper from the same supplier for the next 12 months.This is an example of a(n)__________.

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If a seller requires an intermediary to purchase a supplementary product to qualify to purchase the primary product the intermediary wishes to buy, a tying contract is in place. Example: "You can buy my printer, but to do so you must sign a contract to by my ink"-thus, the products are "tied together" as terms of sale. Tying contracts are illegal, but historically it has often been difficult to prove whether an agreement is or isn't a tying contract in a court of law.