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http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20070816/pl_bloomberg/ajkoyhuchw0m

How can this sort of stuff slip through, this company had been defrauding the government sense 2000, 7 YEARS of crazy over charging of shipping and it slipped through the cracks. I mean for the love of god 20 million is not chump change even for a big department.

The price the military paid for each item shipped rarely reached $100 and totaled just $68,000 over the six years in contrast to the $20.5 million paid for shipping, she said.

Even with some of it probably being real priority shipments to combat areas it is still flipping ridiculous, SOME flag should have gone up when shipping was 294 times the cost of the parts themselves (average for the 20 .5 mil dollars ... actually higher then that forgot the .5)

It's the government. This is what government does. What do expect from an organization run by politicians?

Well, that's a corrupt company for you...

Well, that's a corrupt company for you...

Yup and an incompetent government organization ... I do not know which is worse right now.

Yup and an incompetent government organization ... I do not know which is worse right now.

The one with access to nuclear weapons and a history of using them on civilians? Just a suggestion.

The one with access to nuclear weapons and a history of using them on civilians? Just a suggestion.
They are the more scary ones for sure but I mean in reference to the specific situation

Oh my...that is bad. Heads will rolls for this.

Well it's about damn time. I've been waiting for those washers for quite a while.

That's like buying from Ebay or something...

Oh my...that is bad. Heads will rolls for this.

Not in this fucking administration. It's exactly the kind of thing they're "party" to.

Maybe if they had an order over $50, they would got free shipping...

Man, I should really start shipping for the pentagon to pay for my mansion.

On a positive note, at least we found out that this is going on and put a stop to it. But who knows what else is going on up there.

The one with access to nuclear weapons and a history of using them on civilians? Just a suggestion.

way to go, you just tried to hijack a thread on the first page.

way to go, you just tried to hijack a thread on the first page.

That happens a lot here. :p

Sometimes even with help from the OP'r.

That happens a lot here. :p

Sometimes even with help from the OP'r.

I've seen it happen aswell. and besides, anyone with more than half a brain knows that the bomb wasn't meant for hiroshima. that was a back up target.

I've seen it happen aswell. and besides, anyone with more than half a brain knows that the bomb wasn't meant for hiroshima. that was a back up target.

Nagasaki.

Anyone with half a brain knows that two bombs were dropped. :D

Nagasaki.

Anyone with half a brain knows that two bombs were dropped. :D

I was going to check my facts before saying anything about it.

Perhaps if they had placed an order over $50 dollars, shipping would have been free. I mean, nothing like having and extra 262 or so washers hanging around.;)

It's the government. This is what government does. What do expect from an organization run by politicians?

you blame the government for this? clearly its the company that exploited the system. yes the system looks flawed if it doesn't check things like this, but still... its the company that chose to defraud the government in the name of greed.

i hope the company gets taken to the cleaners

The company was just the tool. This is a part of what's called Military-Industrial Complex. When people inside Pentagon know their contractors personally and share illegal money obtained from the budget through fake bills.