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Re:The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its... by girvo on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @04:57AM (#27192542)
I mean that’s how lots of business works? Is that not the whole basis of invoicing? I must be misunderstanding
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Re:The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its... by dwighttk on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @05:56AM (#27192843)
An invoice would say “you owe $x for y gallons of gas” not “hey pay us some money for that gas you got”
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Re:The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its... by bkor on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:01AM (#27192867)
True, but still: a lot of (big) businesses are still quite unhappy if they didn't pay what they should've paid. It also creates an uncertainty for them, there's often various years where the money can be requested back. Plus as far as I know, if you notice an error there's various financial rules you need to follow. You cannot just treat it as "cost saved". As a result, it is way easier to notify the other party and get a mistake fixed.
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