tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post2435440357511272489..comments2023-12-29T01:08:02.965+00:00Comments on The ferret fancier: Paying for failureGarth Marenghihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07373175498875348430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post-79515292186917015292007-05-07T14:07:00.000+01:002007-05-07T14:07:00.000+01:00"Err, seems sensible to me. "Really? Sounds like ..."Err, seems sensible to me. "<BR/><BR/>Really? Sounds like a fucking rip off to me.<BR/><BR/>I've been running small businesses for years, and I've never heard of such tosh. When I put in a bid for work, I factor into the fee the costs of putting together failed bids for other contract that I won't win.<BR/><BR/>£6 million seems like a lot of money for the cost of photocopying one of last Dr Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406744827581370635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post-19022214451781725192007-05-07T12:59:00.000+01:002007-05-07T12:59:00.000+01:00a better idea would be to make the winner of the c...a better idea would be to make the winner of the contract pay the losers off with their sizeable profits, that way the tax payer avoids another fleecingGarth Marenghihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373175498875348430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610428148049675668.post-30438731575663215282007-05-07T11:55:00.000+01:002007-05-07T11:55:00.000+01:00Err, seems sensible to me. Given the bureaucratic ...Err, seems sensible to me. <BR/><BR/>Given the bureaucratic hoops you have to jump through to make a bid (there are pre-qualification rounds before you even get to see the bid documents) and the costs of lining up the finance, that if you're not chosen you get compensated for those costs.<BR/><BR/>Entirely normal in international trade, for example, that if you want someone to pay you by letter Tim Worstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.com