On: Boeing overcharged the U.S. Air Force 8,000% above market for soap dispensers

[tedunangst]

They just need to break down the invoice.

  $72 soap dispensers
  $140000 knowing where to put them

People love those stories.

[fragmede → tedunangst]

Filling out paperwork would be the line item that balloons costs.

[tonyedgecombe → fragmede]

Running my own business I soon learned that aerospace companies were too onerous to deal with. I remember one in particular where they wanted me to accept their seventy pages of terms and conditions before I would accept a $99 order.

[fransje26 → fragmede]

Pumping up their dividends would be the line item that balloons costs.