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Old 04-15-2009, 03:58 AM   #1857
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Originally Posted by kacir View Post
I see why some people do not understand how it is possible that *Your* factory refuses to make device that *you* ask them to. Such is the economic reality. Bean counters step in and say, "OK. If you really, *really* want us to do this, put $XY,000,000 in escrow to cover our loses this will cause at the end of the fiscal year." Because even if factory is yours, their highest responsibility is still producing profit. Enough money to pay for workers, material, [thousands of other things] and, preferably, some money for the owner or for expansion of facility.
That's an entirely acceptable answer but one entirely different from the one provided. I'm not prepared to assume the man meant something that contradicted his statement, particularly when that explanation would render invalid his entire reasoning for providing it (as he was originally using it as an attempt to defend why it *wasn't* the company's fault).
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