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> Tim Hanke wrote:
>
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> Previously, Timothy Hanke told us:
>
> "The net result of Bill's deal is
> somewhat LESS than the deal I had
> negotiated with another outsourcing
> partner." - Timothy Hanke (Fri, 21 Jan
> 2005 09:17:01 -0500)
>
> Does this mean that, under the Timothy
> Hanke deal, the outsourcing partner would
> have taken an even bigger bath in red ink?

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>
>Louis Blair wrote:
>
>
>Louis is raising a good point here. On the one hand, we are being told
>that Bill gave the store away and cost us all sorts of money and gave
>ChessCafe all sorts of great concessions. On the other hand, we are
>being told that the deal is so BAD for ChessCafe that we are supposed
>to be afraid that they can't or won't pay us the money they owe us at
>the end of the year! Which is it?
>
>The only way I can reconcile this is if Hanke believes that his favored
>partner, whoever that was, would have sold a whole lot more books and
>chess sets than ChessCafe is able to sell. But why would that be?
>petrel
>

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> Right now, it's looking to me like we are
> not even going to get the $170,000, unless
> ChessCafe dips into its pockets at the end
> of the year and takes a bath in red ink.

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> Previously, Timothy Hanke told us:
>
> "The net result of Bill's deal is
> somewhat LESS than the deal I had
> negotiated with another outsourcing
> partner." - Timothy Hanke (Fri, 21 Jan
> 2005 09:17:01 -0500)
>
> Does this mean that, under the Timothy
> Hanke deal, the outsourcing partner would
> have taken an even bigger bath in red ink?

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> Louis is raising a good point here. On the
> one hand, we are being told that Bill gave
> the store away and cost us all sorts of
> money and gave ChessCafe all sorts of great
> concessions. On the other hand, we are
> being told that the deal is so BAD for
> ChessCafe that we are supposed to be afraid
> that they can't or won't pay us the money
> they owe us at the end of the year! Which
> is it?
>
> The only way I can reconcile this is if
> Hanke believes that his favored partner,
> whoever that was, would have sold a whole
> lot more books and chess sets than
> ChessCafe is able to sell. But why would
> that be?

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> Just conjecture, but I would assume reasons
> could be better marketing, more efficient
> operation, better capitalized ownership,
> performance-based incentives, etc.

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>
>Tim Hanke wrote:
>
>I wrote:
>
>petrel wrote:
>
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>Randy Bauer wrote:
>
>
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>Since we are talking about assertions of
>Timothy Hanke, shouldn't we be seeing HIS
>answer instead of assuming and conjecturing?
>
>How would Timothy Hanke know how much
>difference there would be in the amount
>of books and equipment sold?

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> In article <1106772576.0378bd248402056d33f12e213b00a1bf@secureusenet>,
> Louis
> Blair says...
>
> Sure, but we assume and conjecture all the time in discussions. I would
> assume
> that Hanke's answer will at least tangentially touch on one or more of the
> reasons I suggested.
>
> Randy Bauer