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Boeing overcharged the U.S. Air Force 8,000% above market for soap dispensers

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152 points lr0 | 3 comments | 21 Nov 24 04:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.539s | source
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tedunangst ◴[21 Nov 24 06:37 UTC] No.42201727[source]▶
They just need to break down the invoice.

  $72 soap dispensers
  $140000 knowing where to put them
People love those stories.
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1. fragmede ◴[21 Nov 24 08:42 UTC] No.42202318[source]▶
Filling out paperwork would be the line item that balloons costs.
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2. fransje26 ◴[21 Nov 24 09:56 UTC] No.42202668[source]▶
Pumping up their dividends would be the line item that balloons costs.
3. tonyedgecombe ◴[21 Nov 24 11:10 UTC] No.42203103[source]▶
Running my own business I soon learned that aerospace companies were too onerous to deal with. I remember one in particular where they wanted me to accept their seventy pages of terms and conditions before I would accept a $99 order.