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If you itemize separately, then you can start to ask the important questions, like, “why is shipping $500”.
by LadyCailin 3y ago
If you itemize separately, then you can start to ask the important questions, like, “why is shipping $500”.
- dmix 3y agoThe excuse repeatedly here is that "it was easier/convenient (to merge it into a single line item)" or "its just an accounting artifact", as if that isn't a giant red flag all in itself. It's easy to ignore the $600... but if a hammer line-item could be 10x'd on vague R&D costs only the original accountant really understands... how is that better? That's a recipe for masking waste and never knowing why anything costs as much as it does, without expensive in-person interviews with the people involved. Can't imagine what it's like trying to compete with companies engaging in this sort of practice. How could you possibly project costs? Why even bother? Just tell them it's a $1 hammer and make it up in R&D hidden away in "accounting artifacts".
- dghlsakjg 3y agoBecause table saws can frequently have the same dimensions as a refrigerator.