Comment on Server dealer keeps hitting at Elon Musk for $61 million bill — Wiwynn sues X for unpaid IT infrastructure products

just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There is no such thing as an airtight contract when dealing with Musk. He simply ignores it until you sue.

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  • billiam0202@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Same thing as Trump.

    Doesn’t matter how perfect your contract is, as long as they can afford to fight the lawsuit longer than you you’re gonna lose.

    You’d think people would learn to not contract with these assholes at all.

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    • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You just have to work in legal costs to anything you do. Call it an asshole tax

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Or you just…stop providing the service?

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    • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      “The components used to build the products are largely unique to the products, resulting in long lead times for ordering such component parts from suppliers,” and Twitter must give “written approval for Wiwynn to purchase the necessary components to manufacture the customer products…and expressly assumed liabilities for the procurement costs.”

      So basically they were got bespoke servers that are great for Twitter, custom designed, and definitely aren’t easy to just resell elsewhere, so because Twitter isn’t paying they’re IT company is eating the loss right now

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    • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The article sounds to me like they were selling hardware, not providing a service.

      Checking their website confirms this is what they usually offer.

      Wiwynn may be unique in the market with its ability to provide solutions all the way up to L11 rack integration services – from the board, to the system to the complete rack. Wiwynn has the facilities to deliver systems that have been tested and validated prior to shipping, reducing the amount of time that customers need to spend to assemble, test, and validate prior to a rack installation going live.

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• JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Never give these rich assholes credit unless there is an airtight contract for payment.

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• pandapoo@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Cash on delivery is extremely rare in the business world. Well I have no doubt many of Twitter’s vendors have switched to COD, that is not the norm.

  These types of relationships typically work on anywhere from 30 to 90 day terms, depending on the vendor, client, and their history.

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• mipadaitu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Payment up front, in non negotiable bearer bonds.

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