Why some companies are screwed

jaynote: this is an email exchange between me and a vendor. As jwz has been know to say, the reply was moderately head-explodey

From: Jay K.
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 4:13 PM
To: JM
Subject: software wanted
Hi,
I'm working at C**** High School in NYC
I want to order 27 seats of BeTwin from Thinsoftinc.com
Since we are a public high school, I can't just order it online with a credit card, we must buy it from a NYBOE approved vendor.
an email contact is joanne.ong@thinsoftinc.com
the reseller application form is
http://www.thinsoftinc.com/reseller_intro.php
Thank You,
Jay Kusnetz

--- JM wrote:
> Hi Jay,
> > I spoke with my sales manager and since we do not
> have this software
> under state contract or fastrack he does not think
> it would be to our
> benefit to start a relationship with Thin Soft, Inc.
> Other than what we
> have under fastrack, we basically only sell
> Microsoft, Computer
> Associates and Citrix software. Please let me know
> if you have any
> questions or need anything else.
> > Thanks,
> > JM
> Account Support Representative
> C***
> "Celebrating 25 Years of Excellence"
> phone: (800)***-****
> > > > > -----Original Message-----

Hi,
as it turns out, another vendor did decide to carry
it, so we now have a source.

I'd like to thank your sales manger for the brilliant
example of a "catch-22" business anti-logic.

Obviously (or maybe not to your manager) if you don't
have a relationship with a manufacturer, you can't
carry their product. Using the fact that you don't
carry the product as a reason for not starting the
relationship that WOULD allow you to carry the product
is the kind of bureaucraticly genius thinking that has
inspired Kafka, Heller, and the movie "Brazil"

J****, you have my sympathies,
Jay

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