Vita Mix Corporation demands from Vita Mix blender dealers a MAP price listing compliance. For example the Vita Mix TurboBlend 4500 Blender's MAP list price must be $ 399.95. No coupons, discounts, or additional free products must be offered. This is one of Vita Mix's method to trying to protect its market.

But what is not addressed is that Vita Mix has other blenders more competitively priced and also including better features which cost less. For example the Vita Mix Commercial 2 hp Blender Vita Prep 2 costs only $ 395 dollars. The 2 hp commercial blender comes with the adjustable speed turning knob while the 4500 Turbo Blender does not.

The Vita Mix 4500 Blender has a simple on/off switch and a high/low speed toggle switch. It comes with a tamper a cookbook, and the tritan BPA Free container. The commercial blender comes with all of that, except the container is made from the regular polycarbonate.

And why does Vita Mix still make the regular polycarbonate containers is apparently the BPA-Free issue is a big health and safety matter? The EPA nor the FDA were concerned enough about Bi-Phenol. We believe it is one of Vita Mix's marketing stunt to cash in on more vulnerable consumers.

It is actually believed that the Vita Mix 4500 Turbo Blender is over-priced by $ 70. This is because other high performance blenders with greater power, even a 3 hp Blendtec HP3A blender, or the Waring MX1050XT 3.5 hp commercial blender can be had for a price in the mid $300's.

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