Re: But it's still gone [OT] Re: [FT] Robot workers

> Sometimes it's because of unfortunate quantity break points.	When I
sold
> plastics, a Marine air base used to buy one part from us every few
months,
> about $100.50 a shot including a set up charge of $100.  We explained
to
> them that they should buy a bunch at once rather than pay the set up
charge
> each time, but they weren't authorized, so they bought, say, 5
individually
> at $505 rather than in a group at $102.50.

> Natch, more than a few of us here probably assume your department DID
make
> up a dozen or so the first time, and charged the set up fee anyway.

Of course.   I explained "You can pay a set up once, or every time." 
They