On Feb 21, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Kevin Ross wrote: > Isn't all this counter productive to the ideals of an EDI trading > PARTNERSHIP anyways?
Yes it is! > Where is Congress when you really need it? Before answering that, your signature identifies you as being located in Canada, yet you asked about the [US] Congress since Canada does not have such entity. Am I correct in the assumption that the party asking for the $1000 to be paid is US based? Regardless, the last thing needed is to get Governments involved in B2B rules and regulations. > Isn't there some sort of Better Business Group that should be > helping to prevent the "Gouge the Supplier" Game? Should there be? It would be nice to have an EDI User Bill of Rights. Not knowing which industry you are in, I can't provide you with the name of a possible EDI Industry User Organization. Maybe your industry has such an organization which may be able get involved assuming the party is a member of such group. Your company has three choices. The first being pay the fee and continue to do business with that party in hope that the net profit is worthwhile the effort. The second option, stop doing business with that party and find other customers to make up for the loss of business. The third, if this is an option, continue doing business the old way via faxes and snail mail. Hopefully, the other party will realize that the benefits of doing EDI without the need for charging unjustified fees to its supplies are far greater than the $1000/year surcharge for 3 years. > I'm not mentioning any names yet so as to protect the guilty ... > maybe with some appropriate feedback they will > recognize the error of their ways ... Naming the party would go a long way in helping you to achieve that goal. Otherwise, it is just an unknown party doing EDI in a unusual way. Klaus [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/kOt0.A/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ... 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 - Join or create groups, clubs, forums & communities. 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 - Join or create groups, clubs, forums & communities. is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
