I am not sure where you are located but in US disccusing prices can be seen as price fixing and can cause a problem if I am not wrong(correct me someone).
Why do people feel the need to keep saying this? No, talking with other people, even competitors, about what a fair market price is, does not constitute price fixing. And when the people in question are a handful of developers with little experience just trying to research the market value for their services, thinking it somehow even comes close to price fixing is crazy.