> We trade with a major consumer electronics company that is now requesting > we begin transacting Invoices through their selected clearinghouse which > happens to >be OB10 (www.OB10,com<http://www.OB10,com>). Yes they can > accept EDI ANSI X.12, EDIFACT, XML, flat files etc... but they are > requiring us to sign a contract >for approx 1K/yr + .50/invoice. We > cannot simply send the documents to our VAN and have them forwarded. They > want their piece of the action.
Can you spell, "unlawful collusion in restraint of trade?" You don't have to be able to spell it, speaking it ought to be sufficient. You might also want to mention that pursuant to the 1890 (that is NOT a typo, it is eighteen-ninety) Sherman Antitrust Act, any damages awarded are automatically trebled. (If I did the math correctly, that would be approx 3K/year plus a buck and a half per invoice). Or, you can tell the partner the US mail has no annual fee and postage is only forty-three cents. (less if you can mail more than one invoice in an envelope). DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer. (But my mother loved me anyway) Michael C. Mattias Tal Systems Inc. Racine WI [email protected] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
