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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8696055" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>So on this, there is a reason for the famous phrase-</p><p></p><p>"How did you go bankrupt?"</p><p>"Slowly, then all at once."</p><p></p><p>People usually are not in business because they are <em>pessimists </em>(well, I mean ... maybe the insurance business). They expect to succeed! That's why most business failures are sudden and unexpected from the outside* ... because they keep the plates spinning, assuming conditions will change, until they can't ... and then everything crashes.</p><p></p><p>It's no different here. This wasn't a scheme. This was .... business. Company needs revenue (to pay people, to keep the lights on, to make more products). Company has debt to other company. Company pumps out product in order to get revenue. Company assumes that this product will turn things around! But it doesn't.</p><p></p><p>Situation worsens, rinse, repeat. Again, Random House is a business- they aren't idiots. They entered into the contract knowingly. They knew the situation. In fact, that's why eventually RH put a stop to it.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't a Ponzi scheme. It wasn't even a scheme. It was a business trying to stay afloat ... and failing. Happens all the time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>*As in, the company appears to stagnate ... but the actual demise is swift, sudden, and shocking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8696055, member: 7023840"] So on this, there is a reason for the famous phrase- "How did you go bankrupt?" "Slowly, then all at once." People usually are not in business because they are [I]pessimists [/I](well, I mean ... maybe the insurance business). They expect to succeed! That's why most business failures are sudden and unexpected from the outside* ... because they keep the plates spinning, assuming conditions will change, until they can't ... and then everything crashes. It's no different here. This wasn't a scheme. This was .... business. Company needs revenue (to pay people, to keep the lights on, to make more products). Company has debt to other company. Company pumps out product in order to get revenue. Company assumes that this product will turn things around! But it doesn't. Situation worsens, rinse, repeat. Again, Random House is a business- they aren't idiots. They entered into the contract knowingly. They knew the situation. In fact, that's why eventually RH put a stop to it. It wasn't a Ponzi scheme. It wasn't even a scheme. It was a business trying to stay afloat ... and failing. Happens all the time. *As in, the company appears to stagnate ... but the actual demise is swift, sudden, and shocking. [/QUOTE]
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