On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:01:36 GMT, "Roy G"
wrote:
I suspect this is another load of weirdness.
He took 2 days to figure out some sort of scenario that most people might accept, and even then it is not exactly convincing.
Sending contracts at 1.45 am, which need to be signed and sent back at once??
Obviously, you’ve never been in a business where proposals (he didn’t say "contract") or bids either have to be in at a specified time or there is an advantage to having them on someone’s desk first thing in the morning. I’ve completed many complicated bids at hours much later than 1:45 AM. If you need something at 1:45 AM in one state, it may be only six hours until due time in another state. That’s not much time if you need outside help.
A business wanting an Emailed document as a legal contract??
He didn’t say "contract". He said "proposal". Although a bid is a offer to contract in the sense that it’s an agreement to supply something at a specified price, it’s not a contract until it has been accepted.
A typed signature would be just as effective, considering how easy it is to edit or forge an Email.
Again, you just haven’t had certain experiences. If you are dealing with a city or the state, if the line needs something in it, your proposal can be rejected if there’s nothing in the line. If one line says "Name", you type it in. If the second line says "Signature", you write it in. It is not fraud if the signer isn’t the name signed. It isn’t even a problem. The people who review proposals look for completed forms that follow their instructions. You could sign John Wilkes Booth and the proposal would be accepted.
No, it is all another Fairy Tale.
I don’t think so. I’ve lived under the pressure of getting large proposals through, and you don’t always think rationally about everything after working all night on a bid.
I don’t think there was anything shady involved. He just had a shitty attitude about explaining things here. Two days later, with the pressure off after having his proposal accepted, he loosened up a bit.
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Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL