Seen The Price Of A Muddy Fox?

[accountantpete]

Tesco's managed to pay £98,400 each for the 2010 models - so if you are trolling around on your Dura Ace Cervelo - pffft.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/tesco-sues-for-refund-on-bicycles-order-1827136.html

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Funny how these things get through accounting systems simply because the figures add up, ie invoices and purchase orders, and it isn't until a human* looks at it and says 'hang on a minute - that's not right!'

I worked for a builders merchant years ago and we quoted one of the big contractors for about 500 paving slabs at say £2.00 ea for a Sainsbury site. When their PO came through it had our total of £1000 but per slab so the total read £500,000! I said we should go for it but my manager wouldn't let me...the chicken!

*not that I'm suggesting accountants aren't human!

 

[ChrisKH]

Funny how these things get through accounting systems simply because the figures add up, ie invoices and purchase orders, and it isn't until a human* looks at it and says 'hang on a minute - that's not right!'

I worked for a builders merchant years ago and we quoted one of the big contractors for about 500 paving slabs at say £2.00 ea for a Sainsbury site. When their PO came through it had our total of £1000 but per slab so the total read £500,000! I said we should go for it but my manager wouldn't let me...the chicken!

*not that I'm suggesting accountants aren't human! [/QUOTE]

[Robotic voice] It's usually the accountants that find these errors. Whirrr. Click. [Robotic voice]

 

[Andy in Sig]

The interesting thing about this is that the wholesale price seems to be 984 quid. I wonder what sort of mark up Tesco puts on them?

 

[Norm]

*not that I'm suggesting accountants aren't human!

99.5% of accountants give the rest of us a bad name.

And, proving whether or not I am in the 99.5% group...

The interesting thing about this is that the wholesale price seems to be 984 quid. I wonder what sort of mark up Tesco puts on them?

It was £984 for six of them, which is £164 each.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

It was £984 for six of them, which is £164 each.

Gosh, that's maffs that is!

 

[Norm]

I had to take my shoes and socks off, so it doesn't really count. *groan*

 

[philipbh]

The interesting thing about this is that the wholesale price seems to be 984 quid. I wonder what sort of mark up Tesco puts on them?

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-1792.aspx

Original Price £350 discounted to £250 (assuming this is the correct model)

But you do get 500 Tesco Points

 

[accountantpete]

But you do get 500 Tesco Points

Every Little Helps !

 

[gaz]

lol.. my department goes throughs it's own invoices and PO's alongside accounts, we also keep our own copies!