[AusNOG] Re RackCentral

[Joseph Goldman]

I think he is taking a nod at the recent discussion over NextDC's 
month-to-month offering and the argument that ensued ;)

To the other poster saying it must be a drop in the ocean to them - 
well....yes maybe, they will survive happily never recovering it, just a 
shorter month to pay it all out and write it all off - but its about 
precedence. If they let one customer get away with it then all customers 
will start trying it.

What is the point of commitments if they can be so easily broken? You 
take a commitment term you take the responsibility of any debt it incurs.

Not knowing much about the business or Shaun directly, from an outside 
view it does seem very dodgy though, the sale of the customers to 
another company with such similar name and same director(s), while 
leaving behind ~$100k in debt (if not including the extra compensation 
Vocus is trying for).

The best we can do as an industry is blacklist these people so they 
can't continue their wake of destruction. The only acceptable way to let 
these people back in to the industry is if they have a fair go at 
repaying their past mistakes.

Shooting a bit off-topic though into personal rant so I'll leave it at that.

On 18/11/14 07:55, Mark Foster wrote:
>
> On 18/11/2014 4:28 a.m., Scott Howard wrote:
>> /"Minutes from the first creditors meeting show that Vocus is trying
>> to claw back $1.48 million. It is understood this sum represents the
>> full value of RackCentral's contract with Vocus, cut short due to the
>> liquidation./
>> /
>> /
>> /"The contract was not due to expire until 2016 and they [Vocus] have
>> included in their claim all the outstanding rentals for the remainder
>> of the term," said Quin./
>>
>>
>> If only someone offered monthly contracts instead of 2-3 years!!!
>>
>> :)
>
> I really, really hope you're taking the piss here.
>
> Vocus would've committed to resources with their suppliers/vendors/etc
> and will no doubt have taken a substantial financial committment on, on
> the basis of that contract. I hope they manage to get at least some
> compensation for things.
>
> Mark.
>
>
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