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In article <ThNEb.155941$_M.730553@attbi_s54>, 
"Jay Bollyn" <jbollyn@neiu.edu> wrote:
>"Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:bs0679$83nl7$1@ID-151056.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> In article <CRKEb.154649$_M.727423@attbi_s54>,
>> [...]
>> >I work for a state institution. We have very rigid procedures for buying
>> >things. Buying replacement components as needed would be a major ongoing
>> >headache and would take quite a few man-hours in paperwork. Each purchase
>> >would need a P.O. and would involve at least two other departments.  With
>>
>> Ahh...  The government at work.  You have my sympathy.  :-)
>>
>> >the extended warranty, budgeting is much easier. We *know* in advance how
>> >much PC repairs will cost for the fiscal year. Also, toward the end of the
>> >fiscal year, there might not be enough money left in the departmental budget
>> >for a major PC repair.
>>
>> I'm curious.  Since I presume you yanks, especially those in
>> "institutions", can buy PCs for $900 or less, how much is a "major PC
>> repair" that you might not be able to afford?
>> P.S.  I'm a fan of 3-year warranties too.  Murphy lives not far from
>> here.  ;-)
>We ALWAYS get down to $0 by the end of the fiscal year.
>
>I have worked for several large corporations, before my current position.
>They were all the same in this regard. ALL budgeted money should be
>exhausted by the end of the fiscal year. If money remains in a budget
>category at the end of the fiscal year, the budget for that category will be
>REDUCED in the following year. The assumption is, there is fat that can be
>cut.

Yeah, one of the more stupid things done by bureaucracies whatever 
their colour.  Mind you, they've really got it down to a fine art here 
now.  The Govt Dept CEOs (once called Under-Secretary or 
Director-General until the MBAs flocked in) now get a frigging *bonus* 
if they come in under budget.  And the public at large wonders why 
services are inversely proportional to the number of govt employees!

[ Pretty much off-topic for a.s.p-c.d, so followups to aus.general ]


Cheers, Phred.

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