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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by mixmastamyk on Sunday April 05, 2020 @10:40PM (#22790491)
And when you abandon them next month, then what?
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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by gumby on Monday April 06, 2020 @12:15AM (#22790856)
At this point there are many people who would be glad to have a month's income!
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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by mixmastamyk on Monday April 06, 2020 @12:23AM (#22790903)
People, but not businesses with capital expenditures.
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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by gumby on Monday April 06, 2020 @01:30PM (#22795734)
There's typically not much cap ex when you add another shift as your'e running when existing equipment is idle. He even mentions this possibility. But any such risk should be baked into the higher price. Nobody's going to complain that he has to charge more for added emergency volume.
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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by mixmastamyk on Monday April 06, 2020 @02:34PM (#22796451)
It's as if you haven't read the article or discussion.
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