Re: Problem contracts

[John Posada <posada -at- FAXSAV -dot- COM>]

It's funny...people who don't know cannot believe why a toilet seat or hammer would cost $20,000

After you've gone through the process that Eric has gone through, and this doesn't even include the manufacturing to Mil-Spec standards, that hammer starts to look more and more like a bargain.

I was with a company that did work for both Federal and private sector.  We charged 3X the price for the same product when done for the government, and after a couple of years, stopped taking the business even at those prices...and one agency pleaded with us to raise our price even more rather than to stop talking orders.

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-----Original Message-----
From:   geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA [SMTP:geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA]
Sent:   Monday, January 12, 1998 10:35 AM
To:     TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject:        Problem contracts

 Eric Ray reported a problem with a good contract gone bad
 as a result of the bureaucracy kicking in. Eric, I spent 6
 years working with the feds, so I know whereat you speak.