Monday, January 25, 2010

When Installment Plans Go Bad

Yes, we all have to go through a process when we spend the company's cash. 

And yes, indeed, there are rare occasions when an installment payment plan might make sense.

Then there are occasions like this- I had to buy a new CMOS battery for one of our Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers.  From the time I made my initial request, two weeks went by until I got approval to buy that battery.  Using my own credit card.  I'd have to submit a reimbursement form afterwards.

Then there was the purchase itself.  After navigating Dell's store to buy the right battery, I got to the final pages in the process and saw this:



Seriously?  Would anyone pay $48 dollars for a $1.99 part?