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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0
Being a cost analyst... You cannot charge the customer for your sunken R&D costs or anything going into the making of a product; especially when the product isn't out yet. Your profit margin should be so high that you cover the R&D, but in this scenario, the customer shouldn't be held liable.
I'll go back in my hole now
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True. However GTM have purchased products in order to fulfil a contract with the purchaser. Once the purchaser pulls out, GTM are stuck with the product and the loss of the already invested $. They must be able to charge a fee to help to recover these lost $. They don't have to and due to the massive delays, they probably shouldn't because it looks bad (obviously!) but that doesn't mean that they cant.