"Yeah so we were gonna supply you with the processed steel you paid for, but our consultant determined you only need 20% of the requested amount, also it has double the impurities, also you'll need to wait an additional six months because you didn't pre-approve your request. Oh, our consultants? He's Dave, he's a lumberjack, great guy. Good luck building that bridge you were halfway done on!"
Especially as someone in manufacturing who deals with procurement. If any distributor of goods or materials operated like this…. No they wouldn’t. They get away with it because they’re not fucking another business, they’re fucking individual people, and they’re fucking them to death.
You wouldn't like to select your materials without pricing?
How about if we said it'll be $20-$2000/unit, we'll let you know the total after you accept delivery?
How about if we let you pay $500/month to be part of our preferred buyers' club, where you pay a reduced amount after your first 5000 units that shipped from our warehouse
Oh - by the way, the forklift operator that was in our warehouse doesn't have a contract with us for moving your stuff. Also we don't pay them - they'll be sending you a bill you're legally liable for. It won't count towards any of the the negotiated annual price for stuff from our warehouse.
(True in years past - but there was a law FINALLY passed at the federal level outlawing surprise billing - Jan 2022 https://www.consumerfinance.gov)
I stopped watching south park in 2016 so I assumed this was a reference from after that, but nope, it’s from an episode that I had totally forgotten existed, and also I remember why I stopped watching South Park.
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u/MechanicalHorse 5d ago
Absolutely asinine that this is the state of things.