DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND

New Zealand Tablet, 11 September 1913, Page 62

DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND

A large manufacturer had ' a customer of long standing who, on some plea or other, was in the, habit of deducting a certain amount from the value of nearly every parcel of goods ho received. Recently, on receiving an order from this customer, the manufacturer sent off the invoice, which is usually dispatched at the same time as the goods. It was not long before he received a letter of complaint, stating that the goods were again unsatisfactory—exhibited several flaws in the manufacture, etc,, —and that he (the customer) had no further use for them unless he were allowed 10 per cent, on their value. The manufacturer replied with well-feigned indignation, and reluctantly agreed to allow the reduction, provided the money was paid at once, A remittance arrived by return of post; but the point of the story is— goods had never been dispatched. Up to the present date that customer has had nothing more to say as to the unsatisfactory condition of articles ordered.