Re: Dosimetry

[Jim Abraham <jimabe@lamar.colostate.edu>]

"Robert P. Juliano" wrote:
> 
> IMHO If you cut your service from monthly to quarterly you're lucky that
> your budget is the same. The less frequently you use the service the more it
> should cost. By staying the same - you win.
> 
> Take care,
> Bob

I have yet to understand this logic.  So the vender provides a service;
you pay a set rate for that serivice;  after so much time, you request
1/3 the service.  How on god's green earth should someone charge you
MORE for the service.  This concept doesn't fly in any other industry. 
Usually, you get paid for what you do.  If you do less, you should get
paid less.  What this sounds like to me is the vendor arranging their
contract so that they don't loose any money.  Instead of actively going
out and searching for new customers to increase their profits, I think
vendors in this case are getting rich for doing less work.  

Here's an example:  I hire a cleaning service (not really) to come clean
my house.  They charge me for the time they spent doing so.  I do this
every month, but then decide I want to cut back because I'm growing in
my masculinity and learning how to do my own cleaning.  I move to
quarterly, but they don't charge me for it!  If they did I'd take them
to court.  Instead, they go out and find more business like they're
supposed to do.

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James P. Abraham
Alt. Radiation Safety Officer
Radiation Control Office - Environmental Health Serv.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO 80523-6021

Phone: 	(970) 491-3928		Fax: 	(970) 491-4804
email: 	jimabe@lamar.colostate.edu
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