Brad Knowles wrote: > I've got the old 2GB RAM DIMMs sitting in a shelf in my office, and I'm > supposed to package them all up and ship them back to the VAR, because part > of the extra-good price deal we got was that they would ship the machines > with what was already pre-installed, but that we'd ship that stuff back. > > I haven't done it yet, and it doesn't look like that's going to happen any > time soon. > I wouldn't recommend this on so many levels. This is the type of activity that is covered by our Code Of Ethics, and exactly why things like SOX came about.
You are now holding an asset (the memory) that rightfully belongs to someone else (the vendor) without providing proper compensation for it. In effect you are guilty of stealing or unlawful conversion. Your vendor may be less likely to bargain with you in the future, which could increase your price for future purchases. In essence, this is akin to shoplifting, and will cause the vendor to have to raise prices overall, which feeds back into the above sentence and raises your prices, even if they still bargain with you. Take the few minutes it takes to box it up and ship it back. Or, since you're at a university, get some lab monitor to do it. -spp _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
