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Skriven 2007-01-31 20:38:55 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 47970 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: FidoNews 24:05 [02/05]: G
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01 Feb 07 00:19, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to bob klahn:

 bk>>  Once had a manager ask me if I could make a machine do
 bk>>  something. I told him I could make it sit up and whistle dixie,
 bk>>  if he is willing to spend the money.

 MvdV> Which of course is a lie.

Hmmmm. I don't think so. With enough money, that could be accomplished
quite easily.

 MvdV> Some things are impossible, no matter how much money is spent on
 MvdV> it.

Only if there's no technology to support it at the moment of inception.
Eventually, there may be a time when it's not impossible.

 MvdV> You were counting on the customer backing out when he hears the
 MvdV> price.

If the customer is Mr Deep Pockets, sometimes money is no object.

 MvdV> I prefer to tell the customer right away when he is asking too
 MvdV> much. Unfortunately in my last job I had a boss who could not say
 MvdV> "no" to a customer. Instead of setting he lower limit, he always
 MvdV> undercut the competition. With the result that he sometimes even
 MvdV> failed to break even. That and the fact that he let too much of the
 MvdV> company's profits flow into his own pocket eventuallly did him in.

I had a welder in my shop who rented space from me that would do that.
Previously, he and his son worked for a guy down the road who gave me a
history on them before I let them move in. They had a hard time meeting
the monthly rent and utilities and I carried them to the tune of $7500 for
18 months before I told him that he either paid up in 30 days or I'd
confiscate his equipment and lien sale it.

               R\%/itt




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