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Thursday, January 3, 2008

Fedex wants its money

Pacific Business News has a story about the Hawaii International Film Festival losing a $44K lawsuit to Fedex, who says the fest owes for shipping services.

HIFF exec director Chuck Boller has a peculiar quote:

Boller said the festival experienced slower cash flow after its fall 2006 festival.

"The smaller organizations can often wait for us to make payments, but sometimes the bigger ones get impatient," Boller told PBN.

So a warning to all small, local businesses that might have given HIFF a discount for services - after a $44 grand hit, you may be "waiting" longer than usual.

If only HIFF had taken the route of Dubai, who, according to this utterly objective bit of reporting, allowed Fedex "behind the scenes" access. 

Fedex returned the favor by shipping 6 tons of their stuff.

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